polysemousadj.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪsᵻməs/,

/ˌpɒlɪˈsiːməs/, U.S.

/ˌpɑliˈsiməs/,

/ˌpɑləˈsiməs/,

/pəˈlɪsəməs/

Origin: Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Probably also partly formed within Eglish, by derivation. Etymons: Latin polysemus , -ous suffix; polysemy n., -ous suffix.

Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin polysemus (5th cent.; < ancient Greek πολύσημος having many senses < πολυ- poly- comb. form + σῆμα sign, mark: see sema n.) + -ous suffix. In later use with specific sense probably reformed < polysemy n. + -ous suffix. Compare later polyseme adj., and (with the spec. sense) polysemic adj., monosemous adj.

That has a multiplicity of meanings, or bears many different interpretations; spec. designating a word that exhibits polysemy. Cf. polysemic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > polysemy > [adjective]

polysemantic1862

polysemous1884

polysensuous1904

polyseme1930

polysemic1930

1884 Athenæum 17 May 628/2 What Dante himself, in his dedication to Can Grande, calls the ‘polysemous’ character of the poem. [ Dante Epist. x. §7 Istius operis non est simplex sensus, immo dici potest polysemum, hoc est plurium sensuum.]

1929 Language 5 177 The word is polysemous, that is, the same symbol is simultaneously in context with a variety of common and more specific references.

1937 E. Underhill Worship ii. 28 Christian history is..polysemous. True on the factual level, it is also a sacramental presentation of higher truth.

1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 72 The principle of manifold or ‘polysemous’ meaning, as Dante calls it, is not a theory any more..but an established fact.

1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 June 640/2 The book begins with an essay..which makes the point that a work of thought is polysemous, that its meaning is not a message but rather the effect which it has on its readers.

1995 Computer & Humanities 29 342/1 A major problem in computer analysis is disambiguation of polysemous words.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polysemous
释义	polysemousadj. Brit. /pəˈlɪsᵻməs/, /ˌpɒlɪˈsiːməs/, U.S. /ˌpɑliˈsiməs/, /ˌpɑləˈsiməs/, /pəˈlɪsəməs/ Origin: Partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Probably also partly formed within Eglish, by derivation. Etymons: Latin polysemus , -ous suffix; polysemy n., -ous suffix. Etymology: Originally < post-classical Latin polysemus (5th cent.; < ancient Greek πολύσημος having many senses < πολυ- poly- comb. form + σῆμα sign, mark: see sema n.) + -ous suffix. In later use with specific sense probably reformed < polysemy n. + -ous suffix. Compare later polyseme adj., and (with the spec. sense) polysemic adj., monosemous adj. That has a multiplicity of meanings, or bears many different interpretations; spec. designating a word that exhibits polysemy. Cf. polysemic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > semantics > polysemy > [adjective] polysemantic1862 polysemous1884 polysensuous1904 polyseme1930 polysemic1930 1884 Athenæum 17 May 628/2 What Dante himself, in his dedication to Can Grande, calls the ‘polysemous’ character of the poem. [ Dante Epist. x. §7 Istius operis non est simplex sensus, immo dici potest polysemum, hoc est plurium sensuum.] 1929 Language 5 177 The word is polysemous, that is, the same symbol is simultaneously in context with a variety of common and more specific references. 1937 E. Underhill Worship ii. 28 Christian history is..polysemous. True on the factual level, it is also a sacramental presentation of higher truth. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. 72 The principle of manifold or ‘polysemous’ meaning, as Dante calls it, is not a theory any more..but an established fact. 1973 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 June 640/2 The book begins with an essay..which makes the point that a work of thought is polysemous, that its meaning is not a message but rather the effect which it has on its readers. 1995 Computer & Humanities 29 342/1 A major problem in computer analysis is disambiguation of polysemous words. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1884
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