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polysyllabic

adj
/ˌpɒ.lɪ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/UK/ˌpɔ.lɪ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk//ˌpɑ.li.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/CA

Etymology

From poly- + syllabic.

  1. derived from συλλαβικός
  2. derived from syllabicus
  3. prefixed as polysyllabic — “poly + syllabic”

Definitions

  1. Having more than one syllable

    Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.

    • "Antidisestablishmentarianism" definitely qualifies as a polysyllabic word.

  2. Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables.

    • I have a particularly off-putting predilection for the utilization of ponderously polysyllabic linguistic constructions.

  3. A word having more than one syllable

The neighborhood

Derived

hyperpolysyllabic, nonpolysyllabic, polysyllabically

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for polysyllabic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA