 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 350 pages
...CHAPTER- III. , t Of WORDS in general, and the RULES for spelling them. 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. WORDS are articulate... | |
 | Letter writing - 1818 - 254 pages
...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 syllables, polysyllables. OF... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 120 pages
...articulate sounds, used by com' anon consent, as signs of our ideas. 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... | |
 | Charles M. Ingersoll - English language - 1825 - 298 pages
...articulate sounds, used by common content, as signs of our ideas. A word of one syllable is termed 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. All words are... | |
 | Samuel Oliver (jun.) - 1825 - 418 pages
...peculiar adaptation of the French dialect to conversation, a perfection possest to the exclusion A.4wd of one syllable is called a monosyllable. A .word of two syllables is called a dissyllable. A word of three syllables is called a trisyllable. A word of four syllables... | |
 | Goold Brown - English language - 1826 - 122 pages
...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 syllables, a polysyllable. A diphthong... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1830 - 128 pages
...articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. 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... | |
 | Roscoe Goddard Greene - English language - 1830 - 124 pages
...articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. 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... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - Spellers - 1833 - 176 pages
...zh, as in glazier, pronounced gla-zhur. OF WORDS. The elements of words are syllables and letters. 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 more than three syllables, a polysyllable. Every word, of... | |
 | Lorenzo F. Hamlin - English language - 1833 - 116 pages
...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, a polysyllable. All words are either... | |
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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. DIPHTHONGS AND TRIPHTHONGS. A diphthong' is two vowels joined... 
