Polysyllable

['pɒlɪsɪləb(ə)l] or ['pɑlɪsɪləbl]

Definition

(noun.) a word of more than three syllables.

Editor: Tod--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A word of many syllables, or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.

Edited by Erna

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Word of many syllables.

Checker: Rudolph

Definition

n. a word of many or of more than three syllables.—adjs. Polysyllab′ic -al.—ns. Polysyllab′icism Polysyll′abism.

Edited by Enrico