As a Monosyllable is my Delight, I have made very few Excursions in the Conversations which I have related beyond a Yes or a No.

The words which are now commonly used in this twofold character, are principally monosyllables; and, of adjectives, monosyllables are the class which we oftenest compare by er and est: next to which come dissyllables ending in y; as, holy, happy, lovely.

Brodie's monosyllable was expressionless.