Hypertext Webster Gateway: "polysyllabic"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Polysyllabic \Pol`y*syl*lab"ic\, Polysyllabical
\Pol`y*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ? syllable: cf.
F. polysyllabique.]
Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized
by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

polysyllabic
adj 1: having or characterized by words of more than three
syllables
2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
"sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: {sesquipedalian}]


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