Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polysyllabism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: poly-syl-labism
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language.

Uncountable

noun

Polysyllabicism.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"1936, Martin Joos, "Book Review: The Psycho-Biology of Language by George K. Zipf," Language, vol. 12, no. 3 (July/Sep), p. 202, Chinese polysyllabism is a sort of synthesis, or aggregation, or 'addition' of morphemes and their meanings."
"Cumbrous compounds are formed as the names of objects and a character of tedious and time-wasting polysyllabism is given to the language."

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

polysyllabisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

polysyllabic polysyllabicity polysyllable

Questions

What does polysyllabism mean?: The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language.

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