About The Word Polysyllable
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Polysyllable
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What's The Definition Of Polysyllable?
[n] a word of more than three syllables
Synonyms | Synonyms for Polysyllable: polysyllabic word Related Terms | Find terms related to Polysyllable: 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 See Also | jawbreaker | sesquipedalia | sesquipedalian | word Polysyllable In Webster's Dictionary \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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