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polysyllabic word::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | polysyllable |
| Type of | word |
| Has types | jawbreaker, sesquipedalia, sesquipedalian |
Examples of polysyllabic word
polysyllabic word
Length is contrastive, but only on an initial CV syllable of a polysyllabic word.
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In a polysyllabic word, the tone of the first syllable determines the tone of the entire word.
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Almost every polysyllabic Italian word ends in a vowel.
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As the position of the stress in a polysyllabic word is not indicated in the spelling this may lead to some confusion.
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There is no set rule for which other syllables might receive stress in a polysyllabic word, or which monosyllabic words are stressed in a clause.
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Two years ago, Timmons had never heard of Alan Greenspan, but after just a few months of investing, he was hanging on to the Federal Reserve chief's every polysyllabic word.
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Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable in polysyllabic words, while the word-final unstressed syllable receives a higher pitch than the stressed syllable.
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The word choice represents a shift from Keats's early reliance on Latinate polysyllabic words to shorter, Germanic words.
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