 | 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 four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our ideas. All words are either primitive... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1807 - 290 pages
...of one syllable is termed a Monosyllable 5 a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of taree syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. .. A primitive, word is that which cannot be reduced... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - English language - 1809 - 456 pages
...expressive of significant sound, simple or compound. A word of one syllable is called a monosyllable; of two syllables, a dissyllable; a word of three syllables, a trisyllable ; and a word of more than, three syllables,' is called a polysyllable. The last term, however, is frequently applied... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...Word of one Syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word x>f three syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of four or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All Words are either primitive or derivative. Primitive Words are those which cannot be reduced to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1811 - 322 pages
...articulate sounds, used by common con- ' sent, 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) OUl words arc either primitive... | |
 | Letter writing - 1818 - 254 pages
...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 four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivati ve. A primitive word is that which eannot be reduced to... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 718 pages
...Excrcircs, Tare II. Rule I. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of o;ir ideas. a word of two syllables, a Dissyllable ; a word of three syllables, a Trisyllable ; and a word of lour or more syllables, a Polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1821 - 324 pages
...CfiAPTER HI. 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...three syllables, a Trisyllable; and a word of four or jnore syllables, a Polysyllable. WORDS are articulate sounds, used by common consent, as signs of our... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1823 - 116 pages
...by common consent, as signs of our idea*. A word of one syllable is termed a monoSyllable; a word ot two syllables, a dissyllable ; a word of three syllables,...a word of four or more syllables, a polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is that which cannot be redu-- ed to... | |
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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... 
