Monology
(Mo*nol"o*gy) n. The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.
It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life.
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Quincey. Monomachia
(||Mon`o*ma"chi*a Mo*nom"a*chy) n. [L. monomachia, Gr. fr. fighting in single combat;
mo`nos single, alone + to fight.] A duel; single combat. "The duello or monomachia." Sir W. Scott.
Monomachist
(Mo*nom"a*chist) n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
Monomane
(Mon"o*mane) n. A monomaniac. [R.]
Monomania
(Mon`o*ma"ni*a) n. [Mono- + mania.] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single
subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show
mental derangement.
Syn. — Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity.
Monomaniac
(Mon`oma"ni*ac) n. A person affected by monomania.
Monomaniac
(Mon`oma"ni*ac Mon`oma"ni*a*cal) a. [Cf. F. monomaniaque.] Affected with monomania,
or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.
Monome
(Mon"ome) n. [F., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + -nome as in binome. See Binomial.] (Math.) A
monomial.
Monomerous
(Mo*nom"er*ous) a. [Gr. mo`nos single; mo`nos alone + part.]
1. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
2. (Zoöl.) Having but one joint; — said of the foot of certain insects.
Monometallic
(Mon`o*me*tal"lic) a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
Monometallism
(Mon`o*met"al*lism) n. [Mono- + metal.] The legalized use of one metal only, as gold,
or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.
Monometallist
(Mon`o*met"al*list) n. One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism,
etc.
Monometer
(Mo*nom"e*ter) n. [Gr. of one meter; mo`nos single + measure.] A rhythmic series, consisting
of a single meter.
Monometric
(Mon`o*met"ric) a. [Cf. F. monométrique.] (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric.
Monomial
(Mo*no"mi*al) n. [See Monome, Binomial.] (Alg.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an
expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.
Monomial
(Mo*no"mi*al), a. (Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
