hypermonosyllable

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ monosyllable; coined by the poet Robert Bridges.

Noun

hypermonosyllable (plural hypermonosyllables)

  1. (prosody) A word of multiple syllables, such as "power", when presented (e.g. in poetry) as having only one syllable.
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