Monosyllabic
Monosyllabic
mono·syl·lab·ic /ˌmänəsəˈlabik/
Adjective
1. consisting of only one syllable
“Just as there are polysyllabic words that say very little, so there are also monosyllabic words of infinite meaning.”
– Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799)
2. terse, laconic
“She was as tranquil as he was agitated, as monosyllabic as he was garrulous.”
– Song of Solomon (1977), by Toni Morrison (1931 – 2019)



