What is the utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch called?
monotone — (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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