hyperdisyllablen.
/hʌɪpədʌɪˈsɪləb(ə)l/ A word of more than two syllables. Also attributive or adj. Of more than two syllables.
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polysyllable1570
polysyllabe1584
multisyllable1659
hyperdisyllable1678
sesquipedalian1830
plurisyllable1924
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number > containing two or more syllables
polysyllable1589
sesquipedal1611
polysyllabical1656
sesquipedalian1656
polysyllabic1817
hyperdisyllable1843
multisyllabic1909
plurisyllabic1921
multisyllable1950
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Hyperdissyllable.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Hyperdisyllable.
1843 T. K. Arnold Lat. Prose Composit. ii. 13 Esse in compound infinitives very frequently precedes a hyperdissyllable participle.
1895 J. P. Postgate in Class. Rev. IX. 77 Hyperdisyllables at the end of the pentameter are ten times as rare as in the second book [of Tibullus].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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