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pol·y·syl·lab·ic

(pŏl′ē-sĭ-lăb′ĭk)

adj.

1. Having more than two and usually more than three syllables.

2. Characterized by words having more than three syllables.

pol′y·syl·lab′i·cal·ly adv.

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polysyllabic

(ˌpɒlɪsɪˈlæbɪk) or

polysyllabical

adj

(Linguistics) consisting of more than two syllables

ˌpolysylˈlabically adv

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pol•y•syl•lab•ic

(ˌpɒl i sɪˈlæb ɪk)

also pol`y•syl•lab′i•cal,

adj.

1. consisting of several, esp. four or more, syllables.

2. characterized by polysyllabic words, as a language or piece of writing.

[1650–60]

pol`y•syl•lab′i•cal•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	polysyllabic - having or characterized by words of more than three syllables syllabic - consisting of a syllable or syllables
	2.	polysyllabic - (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" sesquipedalian long - primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"

polysyllabic

adjective

Having many syllables:

long, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian.

Translations

polisillabo

polysyllabic

[ˈpɒlɪsɪˈlæbɪk] ADJ → polisílabo

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polysyllabic

adj → viel- or mehrsilbig

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polysyllabic

[ˌpɒlɪsɪˈlæbɪk] adj → polisillabo/a

References in periodicals archive ?

729, 729 (according to LaFave, a title aimed at "these logomachists who pertinaciously anathematize polysyllabical sesquipedalianism as dysteleogical"): Wayne R.

Seven habits of a highly effective scholar

Search and seizure has been my cheval de bataille during my entire time as a law professor and even when I was a mere law student.(14) And over that substantial period, I have peppered or salted--depending on your taste -- the law reviews with a not insubstantial number of Fourth Amendment commentaries.(15) Replowing the same ground for so long presents special challenges, which is why in recent years I have had to resort to grotesque phantasmagoria,(16) polysyllabical sesquipedalianism,(17) amphigoric analecta,(18) and even serendipitous cyberspatial sciolism(19) in an effort to present a fresh approach.