POLYSYLLABIC • E-FREE TRANSLATION.COM • Definition of Polysyllabic

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/pˌɑlˌisɪlˈæbɪk/ Listen

Polysyllabic

adjective

Having or characterized by words of more than three syllables.

(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables. Synonym: sesquipedalian.

See images of 'Polysyllabic'

Etymology of 'Polysyllabic'

Related search:

polysyllabic word

Share |

"Polysyllabic" Quotes from Famous Books

... Manchus, whose spoken words were polysyllabic, and not monosyllabic like Chinese, had no written language beyond certain rude attempts at alphabetic writing, formed from Chinese characters, and found to be of little practical value. The necessity ...

— China and the Manchus • Herbert A. Giles

Words linked to "Polysyllabic" : sesquipedalian, long, syllabic, polysyllabic word, polysyllable