English
hypermonosyllable
From hyper- + monosyllable; coined by the poet Robert Bridges.
Formed from hyper- + monosyllable
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
The story
From hyper- + monosyllable; coined by the poet Robert Bridges.
Today it means
noun A word of multiple syllables, such as "power", when presented (e.g. in poetry) as having only one syllable.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hypermonosyllable