Definition of monosyllable

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mon·o·syl·la·ble

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NOUN:

A word or an utterance of one syllable.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin monosyllabum, from Greek monosullabon : mono-, mono- + sullab, syllable ; see syllable

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