"mononymic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more mononymic [comparative], most mononymic [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English mononym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mononymic From mononym + -ic. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mononym|-ic|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English mononym Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mononymic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ik", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mononymic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="mononymic"> From mononym + -ic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} mononymic (comparative more mononymic, superlative most mononymic)
  1. Pertaining to a mononym.
    Sense id: en-mononymic-en-adj-Zndt2TEp
  2. (not comparable) Having or known by a single name. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: mononymous, uninymic
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mononymically
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