poly·se·mant \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈsēmənt\noun (-s) Etymology: Late Greek polysēmantos with many meanings, from Greek poly- + sēmantos, verbal of sēmainein to mean, mark, signal, from sēma sign — more at semantics : a word having more than one meaning • poly·semantic\| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+\adjective