Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of a single word or phrase.
- Speaking or responding in a single word or phrase, or with great brevity.
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Examples
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Boys especially are often dumb-bound, monophrastic, inarticulate, and semi-aphasic save in their own vigorous and inelegant way.
Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene G. Stanley Hall 1885
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