Definition of Polysyllabic

1. Adjective. Having or characterized by words of more than three syllables.

Similar to: Syllabic
Derivative terms: Polysyllable

2. Adjective. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables. "Sesquipedalian technical terms"
Exact synonyms: Sesquipedalian
Similar to: Long
Derivative terms: Polysyllable, Sesquipedalian, Sesquipedality

Definition of Polysyllabic

1. a. Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.

Definition of Polysyllabic

1. Adjective. (context: of a word) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of spoken or written language) Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables. ¹

3. Noun. a word having more than one syllable ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polysyllabic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysyllabic

polysulfonated
polysulfone
polysulfones
polysulphane
polysulphanes
polysulphide
polysulphides
polysulphone
polysulphones
polysulphuret
polysulphurets
polysurgeries
polysurgery
polysurgical
polysuspensoid
polysyllabic (current term)
polysyllabic word
polysyllabical
polysyllabically
polysyllabicism
polysyllabicity
polysyllabics
polysyllabism
polysyllabisms
polysyllable
polysyllables
polysymbrachydactyly
polysynaptic
polysyndactyly
polysyndetic

Literary usage of Polysyllabic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Making Health Communication Programs Work: A Planner's Guide (1993)
"Estimate the square root of the total number of polysyllabic words counted. This is done by finding the nearest perfect square, and taking its square root. ..."

2. A Comparative Grammar of the South African Bantu Language: Comprising Those by J. Torrend (1891)
"Then we must also set aside such as have stems beginning with a vowel. Hence : — I. polysyllabic stems which begin with a consonant. 411. ..."

3. The Morphology of the Hupa Language by Pliny Earle Goddard (1905)
"polysyllabic WITHOUT DESCRIPTIVE MEANING. A considerable number of nouns of two or more syllables, evidently secondary, are not easily analyzed. ..."

4. English Composition by Chester Noyes Greenough, Frank Wilson Cheney Hersey (1917)
"polysyllabic Words. — The two vocabularies in the English language — the short Anglo-Saxon words and the many-syllabled, resonant Latin words — can be woven ..."

5. The Barrister: Being Anecdotes of the Late Tom Nolan of the New York Bar by Charles Frederick Stansbury (1902)
"polysyllabic Wrath. SEVERAL years ago a debt of $10 was owing to Mr. Nolan, which, so far as is known, has never been paid. The affair was reported at the ..."

6. Philological Proofs of the Original Unity and Recent Origin of the Human by Arthur James Johnes (1846)
"... with the Scriptural Narrative, and supported by ancient Indian Accounts. " Ararat" of Scripture not in Armenia. Monosyllabic and polysyllabic Languages. ..."

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