Polysyllable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A word of more than three syllables.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A word of several syllables; usually, a word of four or more syllables, words of one syllable being called monosyllables, those of two dissyllables, and those of three trisyllables.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a word of more than three syllables
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