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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Quotation dates: 1581-1623

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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.] 1581-1623 Ib. 73/16.
To be war with oft composing ȝour haill lynis of monosyllabis onely

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