 | 1818 - 254 էջ
...regard to the accent, eg venom is divided veu-om, not ve-nom ; the accent being'on. the first syllable. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; words of three syllables are termed trisyllables ; and words of many... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1826 - 122 էջ
...some idea. In every word there are 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1833 - 176 էջ
...but one sound ; as in yard. Z has the sound of flat s, as in size : it has in a few 'cases the sound of zh, as in glazier, pronounced gla-zhur. OF WORDS....one syllable is called a monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; a word of more than three... | |
 | Lorenzo F. Hamlin - 1833 - 116 էջ
...the sound which the bird makes : bees hum, flies buzz, serpents hiss, water flows, hail rattles, &c. 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,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1834 - 202 էջ
...uttered by a single impulse of the 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,... | |
 | Levi Washburn Leonard - 1835 - 194 էջ
...I will now tell you what names are given to words that have different numbers of syllables in them. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable, A word of two syllables, a dissyllable, A word of three syllables, a trysyllable, A word of more than three syllables,... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - 1839 - 142 էջ
...some idea. In every word there are 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... | |
 | John Comly - 1834 - 226 էջ
...single impulse of the voice; as 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... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 էջ
...4,500 of t, and 6,000 of the letter e. PRINCIPLES OF ETYMOLOGY. OF WORDS AND THEIR DERIVATION. 93. A word of one syllable is called a Monosyllable. A word of two syllables is called a Dissyllable. A word of three syllables is called a Trissyllable. A word of... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 էջ
...idea. In every word there are as 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... | |
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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. A diphthong is two vowels joined in one syllable; as, ea in beat,... 
