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wordsofonesyllable pl (plural only)

1. (idiomatic, usually preceded byin)Simple,clear,straightforward language;blunt language.
   • 1894,John Kendrick Bangs, “A Midnight Visitor”, inThe Water Ghost and Others:

     I am at present engaged in preparing a vest-pocket edition of the philosophical works of Schopenhauer inwords of one syllable.

   • 1914,Samuel Hopkins Adams, chapter 24, inThe Clarion:

     So I explained inwords of one syllable that I went there to pick edelweiss from the fire escapes.

   • 1915,John Galsworthy, chapter 22, inThe Freelands:

     Felix propounded the story of the arrest, so far as might be, inwords of one syllable.

   • 1972 December 27,Alden Whitman, “Obituary: Harry S. Truman, Decisive President”, inNew York Times, retrieved21 September 2012:

     The President used "words of one syllable" to convey his insistence that Poland be "free and independent".

   • 2003 November 19,Richard Corliss, “That Old Feeling: The Show at the Casino”, inTime:

     Or, inwords of one syllable, it's Cirque's sex show.

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