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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Monosyllabe, n. [F. monosyllabe, late L. monosyllabus: cf. e.m.E. monosyllable (1533).] A monosyllable. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 72/20.
Gif ȝour sectioun be nocht ather a monosyllabe … bot the first syllabe of a polysyllabe [etc.] Ib. 73/16.
To be war with oft composing ȝour haill lynis of monosyllabis onely
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