polysyllable
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of polysyllable
Example Sentences
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He never chooses a monosyllable when a polysyllable will do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Australians on the whole realize that multiculturalism, that forbiddingly bureaucratic polysyllable responsible for so much hot air, really means learning to read other people's image banks, not a forced renunciation of one's own.
From Time Magazine Archive
She can still make something unmailable out of the twitch of a feather or a polysyllable.
From Time Magazine Archive
The meaning of the formidable-looking polysyllable, which Egyptian lips found easier than 'Joseph,' is uncertain.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander
Mr. Punch, once hailed by the D.T. as "the Democritus of Fleet Street," on the strength of his "memorable monosyllabic monition," in turn salutes the immortal protagonist of the purple polysyllable.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-20 by Various
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