monosyllable, monosyllabic word
(noun) a word or utterance of one syllable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
monosyllable (plural monosyllables)
A word of one syllable.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A euphemism for the word cunt
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"o*syl`la*ble, n. Etym: [L. monosyllabus of one syllable, Gr. monosyllabe. See Mono-, Syllable.]
Definition: A word of one syllable.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 February 2025
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
