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polysyllabe
† 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...
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polysyllabism
polysyllabism (pɒlɪˈsɪləbɪz(ə)m) [f. as polysyllabe + -ism.] The use of polysyllables (as a stage in the development of language).1860 Farrar Orig. Lang. 181 The progress to polysyllabism from a state originally monosyllabic. 1875 Whitney Life Lang. x. 211 A primitive period of polysyllabism.
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polysyllable
polysyllable, n. and a. (pɒlɪˈsɪləb(ə)l) Also 6 polli-, poli-, -sillable. [f. med.L. polysyllaba, fem. (sc. vox word) of polysyllabus (see polysyllabe), after syllable.] A. n. A word of many (i.e., usually, more than three) syllables.1570 Levins Manip. Pref., In the Pollisillables, by diuersitie of ...
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polysyllabilingual
polysyllabilingual, a. nonce-wd. (pɒlɪˌsɪləbɪˈlɪŋgwəl) [f. as polysyllabe + lingual.] Relating to polysyllabic languages.1824 Crit. Res. in Philol. & Geog. 172 The practice of the Chinese, and other monosyllabic tongues, absolutely stultifies the polysyllabilingual theorist.
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