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POLYSYLLABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A word of more than three syllables
Synonyms:
polysyllabic word; polysyllable
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("polysyllable" is a kind of...):
word (a unit of language that native speakers can identify)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polysyllable"):
jawbreaker (a word that is hard to pronounce)
sesquipedalia; sesquipedalian (a very long word (a foot and a half long))
Derivation:
polysyllabic ((of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables)
polysyllabic (having or characterized by words of more than three syllables)
