pol·y·syl·la·ble (p l  -s l  -bl)n. A word of more than three syllables. |
polysyllable [ˈpɒlɪˌsɪləbəl]
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(Linguistics) a word consisting of more than two syllables
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| Noun | 1. | polysyllable - a word of more than three syllables word - a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" jawbreaker - a word that is hard to pronounce sesquipedalia, sesquipedalian - a very long word (a foot and a half long) |
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