polysyllable

Other forms: polysyllables

Definitions of polysyllable
  1. noun
    a word of more than three syllables
    synonyms: polysyllabic word
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    types:
    jawbreaker
    a word that is hard to pronounce
    sesquipedalia, sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
    type of:
    word
    a unit of language that native speakers can identify
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