Meaning of POLYSYLLABLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'pâlee`silubul
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| | Definition: | | [n] a word of more than three syllables |
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| | Synonyms: | | polysyllabic word |
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| | See Also: | | jawbreaker, sesquipedalia, sesquipedalian, word | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pol"y*syl`la*ble\, n. [Poly- + syllable.]
A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables
than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called
{monosyllables}, {dissyllables}, and {trisyllables}.
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| | Related Terms: | | antonym, articulation, expression, free form, grandiloquence, hard word, homograph, homonym, homophone, jawbreaker, lexeme, lexiphanicism, linguistic form, locution, logos, long word, metonym, minimum free form, monosyllable, sesquipedalian, syllable, synonym, term, usage, utterance, verbalism, verbum, vocable, word |
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