polylectic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.
adj
Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word.
Example Sentences
- "A polylectic term is a multi-word term, as opposed to a monolectic term which is a one-word term."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “a lot of, much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“many, much”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + λέγειν (légein), from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ic.
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Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more polylectic (comparative)
most polylectic (superlative)