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Polysyllabic Common

Origin: Greek prefix poly-

Polysyllabic has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A word having more than one syllable

Adjective
1

having or characterized by words of more than three syllables

2

(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables

"sesquipedalian technical terms"

3

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

See Also
pentasyllabic syllable multiple word one sesquipedalian nonpolysyllabic many
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Rhyming Words
bic qbic cubic rabic subic orbic albic pubic sabic lubic babic cambic iambic plabic carbic terbic sorbic arabic zombic amebic
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