āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
polysyllabic
/pËÉlÉĒsÉĒlËÃĻbÉĒk/
polysyllabic
01
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ, āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ
(of a word) having multiple syllables, or specifically, having more than two syllables
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Children's books often avoid using polysyllabic words to keep the text simple.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ
āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āĻ¯āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ°āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤
having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
