[
US
/ˌpɑˌɫisɪˈɫæbɪk/
]
[ UK /pˌɒlɪsɪlˈæbɪk/ ]
[ UK /pˌɒlɪsɪlˈæbɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
sesquipedalian technical terms - having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
How To Use polysyllabic In A Sentence
- The translation of the Indian name of this female is Woman of the Green Valley; or, according to the polysyllabical system of her people, O-she-wush-ko-da-wa-qua. Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers
- Some children, however, have problems with polysyllabic words, and so they need explicit teaching, coupled with broad-based reading experiences.
- The gangs were suspicious of polysyllabic talk, of meanings that were too precise. A PLAGUE OF ANGELS
- What we really need is a small, elegant phone that makes typing real, polysyllabic words fast and easy.
- Narrative supersedes melody time after time; there are no real songs, just cacophonous noodling and stacks and stacks of polysyllabic words.
- Both monosyllabic and polysyllabic words representing closed, silent-e, and vowel digraph or diphthong syllable patterns are presented.
- It's one less polysyllabic name for me to remember.
- As they continue to develop, children learn to segment polysyllabic words into syllables as they approach kindergarten age and monosyllabic words into phonemes around first grade.
- He is witty, he puns, and sometimes he employs the polysyllabic circumlocution of the nineteenth-century humorists.
- A word containing many syllables is a polysyllable or polysyllabic word, such as selectivity and utilitarianism.