monoptote

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monoptote - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Monoptote \Mon"op*tote\, n. [L. monoptotum, Gr. mono`ptwtos;
     mo`nos single + ? apt to fall, fallen, fr. ? to fall; cf. ?
     case.] (Gram.)
     1. A noun having only one case. --Andrews.
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     2. A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.
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