† polysyllabe Obs.
[a. F. polysyllabe (1464 in Godef. Compl.), ad. med.L. polysyllabus, a. Gr. πολυσύλλαβος polysyllabic, f. πολυ-, poly- + συλλαβή syllable.]
= polysyllable n.
| [1580 G. Harvey Let. to Spenser Wks. (Grosart) I. 105 You shal as well..heare fayer, as faire,..with an infinyte companye of the same sorte: sometime Monosyllaba, sometime Polysyllaba.] 1585 Jas. I. Ess. Poesie (Arb.) 59 Gif zour Sectioun be nocht..a monosyllabe,..bot the first syllabe of a polysyllabe. |