 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1805 - 348 pages
...syllable. CHAPTER III. Of WORDS in general, and the RULES for spelKng them. A word of one syllable is termed a Monosyllable ; a word of two syllables,...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 - 1805 - 348 pages
...; a* word of three fyllables, a Trifyllable; and a word of four or more fyllables, a Polyfyllable. All words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any fimpler word in the language : as, man, good, content. A derivative word is that which may 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
...beauty. A Syllable is any letter, or number of letters which make a perfect sound. A 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... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1811 - 322 pages
...are 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... | |
 | J A. Stewart - 1814 - 792 pages
...monosyllable; of two, a dissyllable; of three, a trisyllable ; of four or" more, a polysyllable. /Ml words are either primitive or derivative. A primitive word is that which canriot'be reduced to any 'simpler word in the language; as, mm;, good, content, York. A derivative... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1819 - 120 pages
...Words are 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 polysyllable. All words are either primitive or derivati ve. A primitive word is that which eannot be reduced to any simpler word in the language ;... | |
 | 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
...210—215. 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,...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,...derivative. A primitive word is that which cannot be redu-- ed to any simpler word in the language, as, man, good, content. , «»A derivative word is that... | |
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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. A primitive word is that which cannot be reduced to any simpler... 
