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polysyllable

noun

Etymology

From poly- + syllable.

  1. derived from συλλαβή
  2. derived from syllaba
  3. derived from sillebe
  4. derived from sillable
  5. inherited from syllable
  6. prefixed as polysyllable — “poly + syllable”

Definitions

  1. A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.

    • For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks.
    • In the Phyengan dialect, wuy developed into wi but at the end of a polysyllable it often dropped the -y to become wu (ibid): Tang-nakwu = Tang-nakwi 'donkey'
    • The third syllable of provided is ed, and therefore the verb is not a polysyllable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for polysyllable. 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