The drift of the Chinese language toward greater polysyllabicity is seen even more clearly in the fact that not more than 15 percent of the Chinese equivalents of foreign technical terms consist of only one syllable.
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Polysyllabicity — Pol y*syl la*bic i*ty, n. Polysyllabism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
polysyllabism — noun a) The state or characteristic of having or using words containing multiple syllables, sometimes as a stage in the development of language. Chinese polysyllabism is a sort of synthesis, or aggregation, or addition of morphemes and their… … Wiktionary
polysyllabic — 1. adjective a) Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables. Antidisestablishmentarianism definitely qualifies as a polysyllabic word. b) Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables … Wiktionary
polysyllable — noun A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense. See Also: polysyllabic, polysyllabicism, polysyllabicity, polysyllabism … Wiktionary
polysyllabicism — noun The state or characteristic of having a polysyllabic or overly complex style. It will only facilitate the acquirement of a sesquipedalian diction, having the polysyllabicism without the precision of Johnson. See Also: polysyllable,… … Wiktionary
