MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Sa…

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MONOSYLLABIC, adj. Composed of words of one syllable . . . Commonly Saxon - that is to say, words of a barbarous people destitute of ideas and incapable of any but the most elementary sentiments and emotions. ✨ Ambrose Bierce (2001). The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary, p.166, University of Georgia Press
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