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polysemous.

Synonym of polysemic.

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Meaning & usage

adj/pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/Received-Pronunciation/ˌpɒl.ɪˈsiː.məs/Received-Pronunciation/ˌpɑːl.iˈsiː.məs/US/pəˈlɪs.ə.məs/US
  1. Synonym of polysemic.

    not-comparable · rhetoric
Where this word comes from

From Medieval Latin polysēmus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).

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