polysemyn.

Brit.

/pəˈlɪsᵻmi/,

/ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi/, U.S.

/pəˈlɪsᵻmi/

Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: polysemia n.; French polysémie.

Etymology: Either an alteration of polysemia n. (compare -y suffix³), or < French polysémie (see polysemia n.). Compare earlier polysemous adj.

Linguistics.

The fact of having several meanings; the possession of multiple meanings, senses, or connotations.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > plurality of meaning

polysemy1928

multivalence1933

1928 O. Jespersen Monosyllabism in Eng. 26 We now see the reason why polysemy is found so often in small words to an extent which would not be tolerable in longer words.

1951 S. D. Ullmann Princ. Semantics ii. 115 Should one describe ‘a straight line’ and ‘shipping line, air line’ as radical shifts in application or as mild cases of polysemy?

1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 531/1 Matters are complicated by the polysemy of the noun linguist, both ‘polyglot’ and ‘scientific student of language’.

2004 Libr. Trends (Nexis) 52 571 Polysemy is when a given string of characters has a set of different but related meanings. Homonymy is when the several meanings attaching to a character string are unrelated.

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

单词	polysemy
释义	polysemyn. Brit. /pəˈlɪsᵻmi/, /ˈpɒlɪˌsiːmi/, U.S. /pəˈlɪsᵻmi/ Origin: Either (i) a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: polysemia n.; French polysémie. Etymology: Either an alteration of polysemia n. (compare -y suffix³), or < French polysémie (see polysemia n.). Compare earlier polysemous adj. Linguistics. The fact of having several meanings; the possession of multiple meanings, senses, or connotations. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > [noun] > plurality of meaning polysemy1928 multivalence1933 1928 O. Jespersen Monosyllabism in Eng. 26 We now see the reason why polysemy is found so often in small words to an extent which would not be tolerable in longer words. 1951 S. D. Ullmann Princ. Semantics ii. 115 Should one describe ‘a straight line’ and ‘shipping line, air line’ as radical shifts in application or as mild cases of polysemy? 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 May 531/1 Matters are complicated by the polysemy of the noun linguist, both ‘polyglot’ and ‘scientific student of language’. 2004 Libr. Trends (Nexis) 52 571 Polysemy is when a given string of characters has a set of different but related meanings. Homonymy is when the several meanings attaching to a character string are unrelated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1928
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