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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polylineal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
poly-lin-eal
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having or being composed of many lines.

adj

Describing any of several stylistic or expressive devices, especially in contemporary western calligraphy, employing repetition of words or phrases.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English lineal English polylineal From poly- + lineal.

Inflected Forms

more polylineal (comparative) most polylineal (superlative)

Derived Forms

polylineality

Questions

What does polylineal mean?
Having or being composed of many lines.
Where does polylineal come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English lineal English polylineal From poly- + lineal.

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