multisyllabic
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of multisyllabic
Example Sentences
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“Many students struggle at the secondary level with decoding, typically multisyllabic words, so those longer words that they’re encountering in science text, for example, or in social studies text,” Wexler said.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2024
To prevent a reviewer’s eyes from glazing over, Jacob says, use clear language instead of multisyllabic jargon.
From Nature • Dec. 19, 2019
Before long, Costello’s catalogue had built into a pileup as unwieldy as one of his most notoriously crammed multisyllabic lines.
From Slate • Nov. 6, 2015
Today’s cocktailers want bitter, herbal flavors; freshness; local ingredients — not the weird delicious goo that is Coco Lopez, full of multisyllabic chemical thickeners.
From Washington Post • May 10, 2015
Are the munchkin-voiced 2- and 3-year-olds actually reading those multisyllabic words?
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2012
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