Meaning & use
polysyllabic
Consisting of more than one syllable, especially describing long or complex words.
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The professor's lectures were full of polysyllabic jargon that confused new students.
Children's books tend to avoid polysyllabic words in favor of simple, short ones.
A note on using this word
Polysyllabic technically just means more than one syllable, but is often used to imply a word is unnecessarily long or complicated.
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Words with an opposite meaning
monosyllabic
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