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polysyllabism en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language.
1936, Martin Joos, "Book Review: The Psycho-Biology of Language by George K. Zipf," Language, vol. 12, no. 3 (July/Sep), p. 202,
Chinese polysyllabism is a sort of synthesis, or aggregation, or 'addition' of morphemes and their meanings.
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(uncountable, usually) Polysyllabicism.
Cumbrous compounds are formed as the names of objects and a character of tedious and time-wasting polysyllabism is given to the language.
1867, William Dwight Whitney, Language and the Study of Language, New York: Scribner, page 348:
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polysyllable · polysyllabic · polysyllabicity