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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. having or characterized by words of more than three syllables;

2. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
- Example: "sesquipedalian technical terms"
[syn: polysyllabic, sesquipedalian]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Polysyllabic \Pol`y*syl*lab"ic\, Polysyllabical
\Pol`y*syl*lab"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ? syllable: cf.
   F. polysyllabique.]
   Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized
   by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

polysyllabic
    adj 1: having or characterized by words of more than three
           syllables
    2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
       "sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic,
       sesquipedalian]