 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1839 - 242 pages
...A syllable is a distinct sound, uttered by a single impulse of the voice ; as, a,, an, ant. A Avord of one syllable, is termed a Monosyllable ; a word...syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. III. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds,... | |
 | John Comly - 1834 - 226 pages
...man. A syllable is either a word, or part of a word; as but, butter. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable. A word of two syllables, a Dissyllable. A word of three syllables, a Trisyllable. And a word of four or mere syllables, a Polysyllable. Spelling is the art of expressing... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1839 - 142 pages
...as many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, gram-ma-ri-an. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A diphthong is two vowels joined... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 pages
...many syllables as there are distinct sounds ; as, con-grat-u-late. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ,' a word of two syllables, a dissyllable , a word of three syllables, a trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a. polysyllable. OBs. — Mono-syllable is derived from the... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1840 - 204 pages
...voice, and constituting a word or part of a word ; as, a, an, ant. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. Words are articulate sounds, used by... | |
 | Lindley MURRAY - 1841 - 144 pages
...proper letters. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds, used, by common consent, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable ;...syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. A primitive word is that which... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1841 - 202 pages
...voice, and constituting a word or part of a word ; as, a, an, ant. Л word of one syllable is called n. Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. Words are articulate sounds, used by... | |
 | Benjamin Steill - English language - 1844 - 82 pages
...of a word ; as sun, pray, use, and sunflower, praying, and useful. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and one of four or more syllables is called a polysyllable. ETYMOLOGY. Q. Explain more... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - English language - 1844 - 234 pages
...single impulse of the voice; as, at an, ant. A word of one syllable, is termed a Monosyl • lable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. III. WORDS. Words are articulate sounds,... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1845 - 118 pages
...The elements of words are syllables and letters. A word of one syllable is called a mmiosyllable ; a word of \ two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisylj lable ; a word of more than three syllables, a polysyllable. I Every word of more than one... | |
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A word of one syllable is termed a monosyllable, a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is... 
