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polysyllabic

Adjective

pol=y=syl=lab=ic

WORDNET DICTIONARY

polysyllabic(s = adj.all) Array - having or characterized by words of more than three syllables; Array

Derived form noun polysyllable₁

polysyllabic(s = adj.all) sesquipedalian - (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms"

Derived form noun polysyllable₁

polysyllabic, a. [Gr. ; poly`s many + syllable: cf. F. polysyllabique.].

Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables. [1913 Webster]

polysyllabic, adj.
1 (of a word) having many syllables.
2 characterized by the use of words of many syllables.

Derivative

polysyllabically adv.

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