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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Mo-nŏp'ter-al, a. p. 855(Arch.) With but one wing;—applied to a temple or circular inclosure of columns, without a cell.Mo-nŏp'ter-al or Mo-nŏp'ter-ōn or Mo-nŏp'ter-ōs, n. p. 855(Arch.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without any cell.Mōn'op-tōte or Mo-nōp'tōte, n. p. 855(Gram.) A noun having only one case.Mōn'o-pyr'e-noŭs, a. p. 855(Bot.) Having but a single stone or kernel. Gray.Mōn'o-rhŷme, n. p. 855A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.Mŏn'o-sēp'al-oŭs, a. p. 855(Bot.) Having, or consisting of, one sepal, that is, having a calyx of one piece.Mōn'o-spĕrm'oŭs, a. p. 855Having one seed only.Mŏn'o-sphĕr'ic-al, a. p. 855Consisting of one sphere only.Mŏn'o-stich, n. p. 855A composition consisting of one verse only.Mŏn'o-stō'mȧ, n. p. 855(Zoöl.) A genus of trematode entozoa, including those which have only a single pore, serving at once for nutrition and adhesion. Brande.Mŏn'o-strŏph'ic, a. p. 855(Pros.) Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure.Mōn'o-syl-lāb'ic, a. p. 855Consisting of one syllable; as, a monosyllabic word. 2. Consisting of words of one syllable; as, a monosyllabic verse.Mŏn'o-syl'la-bĭsm, n. p. 855The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.Mŏn'o-syl'la-ble, n. p. 855A word of one syllable.Mōn'o-syl'la-bled, a. p. 855Formed into, or consisting of, one syllable. Cleveland.Mōn'o-tes'sa-rōn, n. p. 855A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony. [Rare.]Mōn'o-thāl'a-man, n. p. 855(Zoöl.) A univalve shell having but one chamber. Brandé.Mōn'o-thăl'a-moŭs, a. p. 855One-chambered;—applied to cephalopods having a unilocular shell, and to the common univalves.Mōn'o-thē'ism, n. p. 855The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.Mōn'o-thē'ist, n. p. 855One who believes that there is but one God.Mōn'o-the-ĭst'ic, a. p. 855Pertaining to, or partaking of monotheism.Mo-nōth'e-lĭsm or Mo-nōth'e-lit'ism, n. p. 855The doctrine of the Monothelites.Mo-nōth'e-līte, n. p. 855(Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will in his two natures. Murdock.Mōn'o-the-līt'ic, a. p. 855Of, or pertaining to, the Monothelites, or their doctrine.Mō-nōt'o-cō, n. p. 855(Bot.) A genus of shrubs or trees;—so called because the fruit contains but one seed.Mo-nŏt'o-mous, a. p. 855(Min.) Having its cleavage distinct only in a single direction.Mōn'o-tōne, n. p. 855(Mus.) A single, unvaried tone or sound. 2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables on one unvaried key or line of pitch.Mōn'o-tōn'ic or Mōn'o-tōn'ic-al, a. p. 855Pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.Mo-nŏt'o-noŭs, a. p. 855Uttered in one unvarying tone or key; hence, continued with dull uniformity.Mo-nŏt'o-noŭs-ly, adv. p. 856With one uniform tone.Mo-nōt'o-noŭs-ness, n. p. 856The quality of being monotonous; monotony.Mo-nŏt'/o-ny, n. p. 856A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. 2. An irksome sameness, or want of variety; tedious recurrence of the same…Mōn'o-trēm'a-toŭs, a. p. 856Or, resembling, or relating to, the monotremes.Mōn'o-trēme, n. p. 856(Zoöl.) An animal having only one external opening for the feces and urine, as the duckbill of Australia, &c. Dana.Mōn'o-trīg'lyph, n. p. 856(Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.Mōn'o-trō'pĕ, n. p. 856(Bot.) A genus of plants, including the Indian pipe and pine-sap. Gray.Mōn'o-type or Mōn'o-typ'ie, a. p. 856Containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species. Dana.Mo-nŏx'y-lŏn, n. p. 856A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.Monseigneur, n. p. 856My lord; your grace or highness;—a title of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Chancellor. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the French…Monsieur, n. p. 856Sir, or mister;—a title of civility to persons addressed in speech or writing. It is used specifically of the princes of the French blood-royal. 2. In general, a Frenchman;—so called in contempt or…Mŏn'rad-īte, n. p. 856(Min.) A mineral of a pale-yellowish color and vitreous luster, consisting of the hydrous silicate of magnesia and iron;—so called from M. Monrad. Dana.Mon-sōōn’, n. p. 856A wind blowing half the year in one direction, and the other half in the opposite;—a term applied particularly to certain winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the south-west from April to…Mōn'ster, n. p. 856A thing to be gazed at, or calculated to excite attention and wonder, by differing from the ordinary type; something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel. The…Mōn'ster, v. t. p. 856To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.Mōn’strance, n. p. 856(Rom. Cath. Church.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated wafer or host is held up to view before the congregation.Mon-strā'tion, n. p. 856The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs.] “A certain monstration.” Grafton.Mon-strōs'i-ty, n. p. 856The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature. We often read of monstrous births; but we see a greater monstrosity in education, when a father begets a son and trains him up into…Mōn'stroŭs, a. p. 856Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form; out of the common course of nature; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth or production. He, therefore, that refuses to do good…Mŏn'strōus, adv. p. 856Exceedingly; very much; as, monstrous hard; monstrous thick. [Colloq.] “And will be monstrous witty on the poor.” Dryden.Mŏn'stroŭs-ly, adv. p. 856In a monstrous manner; out of the common order of nature; shockingly; terribly; hideously; horribly; as, a man monstrous-ly wicked. 2. To a great degree; enormously; extravagantly. “Monstrously in…Mŏn'stroŭs-ness, n. p. 856The state of being monstrous. 2. Irregular nature or behavior; enormity.Mon-tā'nic, a. p. 856Pertaining to mountains; consisting in mountains.Mōn’ta-nĭsm, n. p. 856The tenets of the Montanists.Mōnʹta-nist, n. p. 856(Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Montanus, a Phrygian bishop and enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for…Mŏn’ta-nĭst’ic or Mŏn’ta-nĭst’ic-al, a. p. 856Pertaining to the heresy of Montanus.Mŏn′ta-nīze, v. i. p. 856To follow the opinions of Montanus.Mōn′tant, n. p. 856A term in fencing. Shak. 2. (Arch.) An upright piece in any frame-work.Mont, n. p. 856Mountain.Mont de Piété p. 856One of certain pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the fifteenth century, the object of which was to lend money to necessitous persons at a low rate of interest;—called also mount…Mōn'tē, n. p. 856A favorite game of chance among the Spaniards, played either with dice on a board or a table marked with lines for the purpose, or with cards.