monostrophe (monostrofe)

[ strophus, Gr. μονόστροφος, consisting of a single kind of strophe, metrical form. monostrophic (mon-o-str of'ik), a. [ strophes or stanzas are monostrophic (as, for instance, the Greek dramatists and lyric poets. See systematic. monostylel (mon'ō-stil), a. [ In monosyllables; with the use of monosyllables. monosyllabism (mon-o-sil'a-bizm), n. [= F. monosyllabisme ; as monosyllab ( le ) + -ism .] 1. A predominance of monosyllables; the exclusive use of monosyllables: as, the monosyllabism of Chinese. 2. The state of being monosyllabic; the character of a monosyllable. monosyllable (mon'ō-sil-a-bl), n. 1), n. [For *mono syllabe (as (as syllable for * syllabe ) = F. monosyl labe = Sp. monosílabo = Pg . monosyllabo It. monosillaba , a monosyllable, monosyll bus , bus , μονοσύλλαβος , of one syllable, μόνος , single, + συλλαβή, syllable: see syllable .] A word of one syllable. llable for labe = She dealt in nothing but in monosyllables , as if to have spoken words of greater length would have cracked her monosyllable (mon'ō-sil-a-bl), v. t.; pret. and pp. mono syllabled, ppr. mono syllabling. [ Dekker , Lanthorne and Candle-Light, i. Into one man are mono syllabled . Cleave land.