multisyllabicity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

multi- +‎ syllabic +‎ -ity

Noun[edit]

multisyllabicity (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being multisyllabic.
    • 1964, United States. Office of Education, Cooperative Research Program‎[1]:
      Because so many of the best utterances of men have been simply phrased, we inevitably respond with profound revulsion against linguistic combinations which are decentralized by multisyllabicity.
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