MONOTHELITE
MONOTH'ELITE, noun [Gr. one, and will.] One who holds that Christ had but one will.
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MONOTONE
MON'OTONE, noun [See Monotony.] In rhetoric, a sameness of sound, or the utterance of successive syllables on one unvaried key, without inflection or cadence.
MONOTONIC
MONOTON'IC, adjective Monotonous. [Little used.]
MONOTONOUS
MONOT'ONOUS, adjective Continued in the same tone without inflection or cadence; unvaried in tone.
MONOTONOUSLY
MONOT'ONOUSLY, adverb With one uniform tone; without inflection of voice.
MONOTONY
MONOT'ONY, noun [Gr. sole, and sound.]1. Uniformity of tone or sound; want of inflections of voice in speaking; want of cadence or modulation.2. Uniformity; sameness.At sea, eve...
MONSIEUR
MONSIEUR, noun Sir; Mr.
MONSOON
MONSOON', noun A periodical wind, blowing six months from the same quarter or point of the compass, then changing and blowing the same time from the opposite quarter. The monsoo...
MONSTER
MON'STER, noun [Latin monstrum, from monstro, to show. So we say in English, a sight. See Muster.]1. An animal produced with a shape or with parts that are not natural, as when ...
MONSTER-TAMING
MON'STER-TAMING, adjective Taming monsters.
MONSTROSITY
MONSTROS'ITY, noun The 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 fa...
MONSTROUS
MON'STROUS, adjective [Latin monstrosus.] Unnatural in form; out of the common course of nature; as a monstrous birth or production.1. Strange; very wonderful; generally express...
MONSTROUSLY
MON'STROUSLY, adverb In a manner out of the common order of nature; hence, shockingly; terribly; hideously; horribly; as a man monstrously wicked.1. To a great degree; enormousl...
MONSTROUSNESS
MON'STROUSNESS, noun The state of being monstrous.1. Enormity; irregular nature or behavior.
MONTANIC
MONTAN'IC, adjective [Latin montanus, from mons, mountain.] Pertaining to mountains; consisting in mountains.
MONTANISM
MON'TANISM, noun The tenets of Montanus.
MONTANIST
MON'TANIST, noun A follower of the heresiarch Montanus, a Phrygian by birth, who pretended he was inspired by the Holy Spirit and instructed in several points not revealed to th...
MONTANISTIC
MONTANIST'IC, adjective Pertaining to the heresy of Montanus.
MONTANIZE
MON'TANIZE, verb intransitive To follow the opinions of Montanus.
MONTANT
MONT'ANT, noun A term in fencing.
MONTERO
MONTE'RO, noun A horseman's cap.
MONTETH
MONTETH', noun A vessel in which glasses are washed; so called from the name of the inventor.
MONTH
MONTH, noun [Latin mensis; Gr. a month from the moon.] A space or period of time constituting a division of the year. month originally signified the time of one revolution of th...
MONTHLY
MONTHLY, adjective Continued a month or performed in a month; as the monthly revolution of the moon.1. Done or happening once a month, or every month; as the monthly concert of ...
MONTHS-MIND
MONTH'S-MIND, noun Earnest desire; strong inclination.
MONTMARTRITE
MONTM'ARTRITE, noun A mineral of a yellowish color, occurring massive, and found at Montmartre, near Paris. It is soft, but resists the weather. It is a compound of the sulphate...
MONTOIR
MONTOIR, noun In horsemanship, a stone used for aiding to mount a horse.