 | Richard Hiley - English language - 1846 - 330 pages
...different words to express the same idea; thus, the thing which we call hat, a Frenchman calls chapeau. 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. All words were, originally, what... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pages
...propor 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 Trysyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1846 - 272 pages
...a syllable or a union of syllables ; as, mat, mat-ter, mate-ri-al. 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 fo IT or more syllables, a poly syllable. Words are either underived, derived,... | |
 | Alexander G. Collot - French language - 1848 - 262 pages
...perfectly uttered ^^ 0 ut the help of a Vowel. A Syllable is a tt_ , ^, ^, ^;(V>0r simnle or comnound, proA word of One Syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a...Syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of Three Syllables, a Trisyllable; and a word of Four or more Syllables, a Polysyllable. A Sentence is an assemblage of Words,... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1848 - 324 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 trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong' is... | |
 | Caleb Farnum (Jr.) - English language - 1848 - 132 pages
...as is pronounced at once ; as, play, play-ful, play-ful-ness. • '\A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable; ajA^word of four or more syllables, a, polysyllable. ' RULES FOR SPELLING. Spelling is... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - English language - 1848 - 270 pages
...a syllable or a union of syllables; as, mat, mat-ter, mate-ri-al. 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 poly syllable. Words are either underived, derived,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - Readers - 1848 - 468 pages
...A SYLLABLE is expressed by one emission, or impulse, of the voice. 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. NOTE. — A distinct syllable can contain... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1851 - 324 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 trissyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong is... | |
 | William Draper Swan - Spellers - 1851 - 170 pages
...syllables in every word 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 syllable, a trisyllable, and a word of more than three syllables, a polysyllable. OP THE VOWELS. A... | |
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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... 
