MONOSEMIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (mon-uh-SEE-muhs)

MEANING: adjective: Having only one meaning.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek mono- (one) + sema (sign). Earliest documented use: 1975.
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MONOSERIOUS - Infectious Mononucleosis is a nasty disease

MONO-STEMIOUS - the only thing he ever drinks is single-malt Scotch

MY NOSE MIOUS - when I blow my nose I sound like a French cat