Polysyllabic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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: {sesquipedalian}]