monogeny 
Same as monogony, 1, or inotiogenesix. 2. Same 
as motiogenisai. 
rnonoglot (mon'o-glot), a. [< LGr. pav&yfamf, 
/iov6y'/.aaaof, speaking but one language, < Gr. 
fj.6vof, single, + y'Aa-ra, Attic form of y^aaaa, 
tongue, language.] 1. Speaking or using only 
one language. 2. Written or published in 
only one language. 
monogoneutic (mon"o-go-nu'tik), . [< Gr. 
fi6vo^, single, + yovtbeiv, produce, < yoVof, off- 
spring, generation.] In entom., single-brooded ; 
having only one brood during a year. 
monogonic (mon-o-gon'ik), a. [< monogony + 
-ie.~\ Of or pertaining to monogony: same as 
monogenous, 1. 
Mqnogonopora (mon"o-go-nop'o-ra), . pi. 
[NL., neut. pi. of monogonoporus: see mono- 
gonoporous.] A division of dendrocoalous tur- 
bellarian worms, having the sexual opening 
single, whence the name. It contains the land and 
fresh-water planarians of the families Planariidas and 
Geoplanida, Opposed to Digonopora. 
monogonoporie (mon-6-gon-o-po'rik), a. [As 
monogonopor-ous + -MJ.] Having a single sex- 
ual opening or generative pore; specifically, 
pertaining to the Monogonopora, or having 
their characters. 
monogonoporous (mon"o-go-nop'o-rus), a. [< 
NL. monogonoporus, < Gr. fiovof, single, + yoVor , 
generation, + v6pof, passage.] Having a single 
genital pore, as a turbellarian ; pertaining to 
the Monogonopora : opposed to digonoporous. 
monogony (mo-nog'o-ni), . [< Gr. //ovof, single, 
4- -yovia, < / ycv, produce: see -gony.~\ 1. 
Asexual reproduction ; agamogenesis : used by 
Haeckel in distinction from amphigony. Monog- 
ony is exhibited in the lowest animals, in which there is 
no sex, as in cases of reproduction by fission or gemmation 
without conjugation. The term is not applied to asexual 
modes of reproduction, as parthenogenesis, which occur 
in sexed animals. Also monogeny, monogenesy. 
2. Same as monogenesis. 
monogram (mon'6-gram), n. [= F. mono- 
gramme = Sp. monograma=Pg. It. monogramma, 
< LL. monogramma, < Gr. /lovoypaftfiaTov (not 
* fwv6ypa.fi/ia), a character consisting of several 
letters in one, neut. of povoypdufiaTOf, consisting 
of one letter (/tov6ypa[tfMf, drawn with single 
lines, outlined, > L. monogrammus, an outline 
sketch, skeleton, shadow), < udvof, single, + 
ypd[i/ia(T-), letter: see gram 2 .] 1. One char- 
acter in writing; a mark or design formed or 
consisting of one letter. 
If in compasse of no art it [my superficies] came 
To be described by a monogram. 
B. Jonson, Discoveries, Ixx. 
2. Two or more of the letters of a name or 
word, or of the initials of several names or 
words, so combined as to form or appear to 
form a single character. 
That the founder was a Bishop Euphrasius is shown by 
his monogram on many of the stilts. 
E. A. Freeman, Venice, p. 101. 
3f. A picture drawn in lines without color; a 
sketch. 
A kind of first draught or ground colours only, and 
monogram of life, Hammond, Works, IV. 571. (Latham.) 
monogram-machine (mon'o-gram-ma-shen"), 
. A foot-press used to stamp monograms, ini- 
tials, etc., on paper and the like. 
monogrammal (mon'o-gram-al), a. [< mono- 
gram (LL. monogramma) + -al.'] Same as mono- 
grammatic. [Rare.] 
monogrammatic (mon"o-gra-mat'ik), a. [= 
F. monogrammatique, < LL. monogramma(t-), 
monogram: see monogram."] In the style or 
manner of a monogram ; pertaining to mono- 
grams. 
One photo-lithographed plate of manogrammatif em- 
blems, the meaning of which remains unknown. 
The Academy, April 6, 1889, p. 24S. 
monogrammic (mon-o-gram'ik), a. [= F. mono- 
grammique; as monogram (LL. monogramma) + 
-ic.~\ Same as monogrammatic. 
monograph (mon'o-graf ), n. [= F. monographs 
= Pg. monographo, < Gr. /i&vof, single, + ypaQii, 
writing.] An account or description of a sin- 
gle thing or class of things ; a treatise on a sin- 
gle subject or a single department, division, 
or detail of a branch of study. 
A monograph on the ant, as treated by Solomon, show- 
ing the harmony of the Book of Proverbs with the results 
of modern research. George Eliot, Middlemarch, xvit 
monograph (mon'o-graf), v. t. [< monograph, 
.] To write or produce a monograph on; 
treat in a monograph. 
The British species of Lumbricus have never been care- 
fully monographed. 
Darwin, Formation of Vegetable Mould, p. 8. 
3840 monomachy 
A writer of also, the worship of one God, but not necessari- 
ly with an explicit disbelief in other divinities. 
monographer (mo-nog'ra-fer), n. 
monographs. , 
monographic (mon-o-graf'ik), a. [= F. ntono- 
t/raphique = Sp. monogrdfico = It. monograflco ; 
as monograph + -ie.] 1. Of or pertaining to 
a monograph; of the nature of a monograph. 
It does not pretend to monographic completeness, which 
would require far more profound and exhaustive studies. 
Science, VII. 9S. 
2. Pertaining to or of the nature of a mono- 
gram. 
A monographic combination of the letters A and P. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 746. 
3. Drawn in lines without colors. 
monographical (mon-o-graf 'i-kal), a. [< mono- 
graphic + -Z.] Same as monographic. 
monographically (mon-o-graf'i-kal-i), adv. 
In the manner or form of a monograph. 
monographist (mo-nog'ra-fist), n. [< mono- 
graph + -ist.] One who writes a monograph. 
monographOUS (mo-nog'ra-fus), a. [< mono- 
graph + -ous.~\ Monographic. 
monography (mo-nog'ra-fi), . [= F. mono- 
graphic = Sp. m'onografia = Pg. monographia 
= It. monografia, < Gr. povos, single, + -ypa<f>ia, 
< ypcujiuv, write.] 1. A delineation in lines 
without colors ; an outline sketch. 2. A mon- 
ograph ; also, a system of monographs. 
In order to write a complete monography of the Kash- 
miri style, we ought to be able to trace it very much fur- 
ther back than anything in the previous pages enables us 
to do. J. Fergusson, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 294. 
monogyn (mon'p-jin), . [< Gr. /iovoj, single, 
+ ywri, female (in mod. bot. a pistil).] In Dot., 
a plant having only one pistil or stigma. 
Monogynia (mon-o-jin'i-a), n. pi. [NL. : see 
monogyn.'] In bot.', the name of the first order 
in each of the first thirteen classes in the Lin- 
nean system, comprehending such plants as 
have only one pistil or stigma in a flower. 
monogynian (mon-o-jin'i-an), a. [< NL. Mono- 
gynia + -aw.] Pertaining to the order Mono- 
gynia; having only one pistil or stigma. 
mpnogynist (mo-noj'i-nist), n. [< monogyn-y + 
-ist.] One who adopts or favors monogyny. 
monogyncecial (mon"o-ji-ne'sial), a. [<' Gr. 
/i6vo;, single, + NL. gyncecium + -al.~] In bot., 
formed by the pistil of one flower: applied to 
simple fruits. 
monogynous (mo-noj'i-nus), a. [< monogyn-y + 
-ous.J 1. Having only one wife ; living in mo- 
nogyny; monogamous, as a man: correlated 
with monandrous. 2. In zoo'l., having only one 
female mate. 3. Same as monogynian. 
monogyny (mo-noj'i-ni),. [< Gr. fiovof, single, 
+ ywy, female.] In zoo'l. and anthrop., a mat- 
ing with only one female or wife ; the monogy- 
nous state: correlated with monandry. 
monohemerous (mon-o-he'me-rus), a. [< Gr. 
liovoijfiepof, prop, fum/uepof, lasting one day only, 
< fiovof, single, + fipepa, day.] In med., lasting 
or existing only one day. 
monohydrated (mon-6-hi'dra-ted), a. [< Gr. 
fi6vof, single, + i>6ap (iiop-), water : see hydrate. ] 
Containing one molecule of water. This term was 
formerly applied to such acids as were regarded as formed 
from an oxid by the addition of one molecule of water, as 
monohydrated nitric acid, (HNO^)a, formed from the oxid 
NgOs by adding a molecule of water, H 2 0. 
mdnohydric (mon-o-hi'drik), a. [< mono- + 
hydr(ogen) + -ic.~\ Containing one atom of hy- 
drogen. Specifically applied to such acids as have a 
single hydrogen atom replaceable by a basic atom or radi- 
cal, as formic or lactic acid; and also to alcohols which by 
oxidation exchange two atoms of hydrogen for one of oxy- 
gen, and form acids containing the same number of car- 
bon atoms as the alcohols from which they were derived. 
Monoica (mo-noi'kii), n. pi. Same as Moitceca. 
monoid (mon'oid), a. and n. [< Gr. /jovoeidyf, 
of one form, uniform, < povof, single, + cliof, 
form.] I. a. In anc. pros., containing but one 
kind of foot : noting certain meters. Monoid me- 
ters are also called pure meters or simple meters, and dis- 
tinguished from compound (episynthetie) meters and mixed 
or logaoedic meters. 
II. n. In math., a surface which possesses a 
conical point of the highest possible (n l)th 
order. 
mpno-ideism (mon"o-i-de'izm), n. [< Gr. fiovo^, 
single, + Idea, idea (see idea], + -ism.'] Con- 
centration of the mind upon one thought or 
idea ; a brooding on one subject ; mild mono- 
mania. [Rare.] 
It is observed that the mental condition of hypnotised 
1 ' subjects " is often one of marked mono-ideism of strong 
and one-sided attention. 
Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, III. 407. 
monolatry (mo-nol'a-tri), n. [< Gr. [tovof, single, 
+ Aarpeia, service, worship: see latria.'] The 
idolatrous or pagan worship of one divinity: 
Thus results a worship of one God monolatry, as Well- 
hausen calls it which is veiy different from genuine 
monotheism. Huxley, in Nineteenth Century, XIX. 495. 
monolith (mou'o-lith), . [= F. monoUthe = 
Sp. monolito ='Pg. monolitho, a monolith, < 
LL. monolithiis, < Gr. ftovohiSos, made of one 
stone, as a pillar or column, < yUoVof, single, + 
/Uftif, stone.] A single stone; by extension, 
any structure or object in stone formed of a 
single piece : it may be an independent monu- 
ment standing alone, as an Egyptian obelisk, 
or a menhir, or any part of a structure, as a 
column. 
monolithal (mon'o-lith-al), .. [< monolith + 
-al.] Same as monolithic. 
monolithic (mon-o-lith'ik), . [= F. monoKth- 
ique = Pg. monolithico; as monolith + -z'c.] 1. 
Formed of a single stone, as an obelisk or the 
shaft of a column. 2. Consistingof monoliths : 
as, a monolithic circle. 3. Of or pertaining to 
a monolith. 
There is no doubt that their monolithic character is the 
principal source of the awe and wonder with which they 
have been regarded. 
J. Verywsion, Hist. Indian Arch., p. 338. 
monolobite (mo-nol'o-bit), . [< Qr.uAvatf. sin- 
gle, + 5U34f. lobe (see lobe), + -ife2.j A trilo- 
bite in which the trilobed or tripartite charac- 
ter of the upper surface is almost lost, as in 
the genus Eomalonotus. 
monolobular (mon-o-lob'u-liir), a. [< Gr. fi6vof, 
single, + NL. lobulus, lobule : see lobular.~\ Con- 
sisting of or pertaining to a single lobe. 
inonoioeular (mon-o-lok'u-lar), a. [< Gr. fiovof, 
single, + L. loculus, a compartment (cell), dim. 
of locus, place i: see loculus.] SameasMwHocwtor. 
Monolocularia (mon-o-lok-u-la'ri-a), n. pi. 
[NL. : see monolocular.] Those animals whose 
hearts are monolocular, or which have but 
one cardiac cavity. Wilder, Amer. Nat., 1887, 
p. 914. 
monologiant, n. [< monology + -an.] Same 
as monologue, 1. Minsheu. 
monologist (mo-nol'o-jist), n. [= Sp. monolo- 
gista; as monologue + -ist.'] 1. One who talks 
in monologue or soliloquizes. 2. A monopo- 
lizer of conversation. De Quincey. 
monologue (mon'o-log), n. [< F. monologue = 
Sp. mondlogo = Pg. It. monologo, a sole speaker, 
also a soliloquy, < LGr. uovoZoyof, speaking 
alone or to oneself, < Gr. povof, alone, + Myeiv, 
speak.] If. One who does all the talking. Min- 
sheu. 2. That which is spoken by one person 
alone. Especially (a) A dramatic soliloquy. (6) A kind 
of dramatic entertainment, consisting of recitations, imi- 
tations, anecdotes, songs, etc., performed throughout by 
one person. 
He [Charles Mathews] instituted in 1818, in imitation of 
Foote and Dibdin, a species of entertainment in the form 
of a monologue, which, under the title of "Mathews at 
Home," proved very successful. Amer. Cyc., XI. 279. 
(c) A long speech or harangue uttered by one person, es- 
pecially in the course of a conversation. 
He sate at the feet of the teacher and listened with 
much apparent interest to monologues, not one-fifth part 
of which he could anyways understand. W. Slack. 
His [Wordsworth's] finest passages are always mono- 
logues. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 240. 
monologuize (mon'o-log-iz), D. i. ; pret. and 
pp. monologuized, ppr. monolog-uizing. [< mon- 
ologue + -ize.] To soliloquize. [Rare.] 
Her lips had a habit of silently monologuizinff, moving 
in the manner of one who speaks with great rapidity, but 
with no audible utterance. 
W. Besant, Children of Gibeou, i. 
monology (mo-nol'o-ji), n. [< LGr. [tovoZoyia, 
simple language (taken in sense of 'a solilo- 
quy'), < fiov6/Myof, speaking alone: see mon- 
ologue."] The act or habit of indulging in 
monologues, or of monopolizing conversation 
by long narratives or dissertations ; the habit 
of soliloquizing. 
It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge 
persisted in monology through his whole life. De Quincey. 
monomachia (mon-o-ma'ki-a), w. [LL.: see 
monomachy."] Same as monomaehy. 
monomachist (mo-nom'a-kist), . [< IHOMIIII- 
ach-y + -ist.} One who fights in single com- 
bat; a duelist. [Rare.] 
monomachy (mo-nom'a-ki), ti. [Also moitomu- 
chia; < F. monomadtoisSp. monomaqufa = Pg. 
It. monoiiiacliiii, < LL. monomachici, < Gr. fiovofia- 
x'ia, single combat, < [tovo/i&xof, fighting in single 
combat, (. ,u<5cof, single. + fiaeotiai, fight.] A 
single combat ; a duel. 
Heroicall monomachies. 
Harvey, Pieire's Supererogation ( 
