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polysyllable


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polysyllable  \Pol"y*syl`la*ble\,  n.  [Poly-  +  syllable.] 
  A  word  of  many  syllables,  or  consisting  of  more  syllables 
  than  three  --  words  of  less  than  four  syllables  being  called 
  {monosyllables},  {dissyllables},  and  {trisyllables}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polysyllable 
  n  :  a  word  of  more  than  three  syllables  [syn:  {polysyllabic  word}] 




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