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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MON'OTONE, n. [See Monotony.] In rhetoric, a sameness of sound, or the utterance of successive syllables on one unvaried key, without inflection or cadence.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value [syn: monotonic, monotone] [ant: nonmonotonic]
2: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous] n
1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning]
2: a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Greek monotonos monotonous Date: 1644 1. a succession of syllables, words, or sentences in one unvaried key or pitch 2. a single unvaried musical tone 3. a tedious sameness or reiteration 4. a person unable to produce or to distinguish between musical intervals II. adjective Date: 1760 1. monotonic 2 2. having a uniform color

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 a sound or utterance continuing or repeated on one note without change of pitch. 2 sameness of style in writing. --adj. without change of pitch. Etymology: mod.L monotonus f. late Gk monotonos (as MONO-, TONE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Monotone Mon"o*tone, n. [See Monotonous, Monotony.] 1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound. 2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(monotones) 1. If someone speaks in a monotone, their voice does not vary at all in tone or loudness and so it is not interesting to listen to. The evidence was read out to the court in a dull monotone. N-COUNT: usu sing, also in N 2. A monotone sound or surface does not have any variation in its tone or colour. He was seen on TV delivering platitudes about the crisis in a monotone voice. ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Single tone, unvaried sound. 2. Sameness or uniformity of tone, monotony.

Moby Thesaurus

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