multisyllabic en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English syllabic English multisyllabic From multi- + syllabic.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of a word) Having more than one syllable.
But it’s a dialect Fetter doesn’t know. It sounds old, rolling and multisyllabic and liquid.
2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 305: