Hypertext Webster Gateway: "polysyllable"

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

Polysyllable \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}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

polysyllable
n : a word of more than three syllables [syn: {polysyllabic word}]


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