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multisyllabicity

multisyllabicity noun: the state or condition of being multisyllabic.

Noun

multisyllabicity (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being multisyllabic.
    • 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.1964, United States. Office of Education, Cooperative Research Program

Origin of multisyllabicity

From multi- + syllabic + -ity.

Questions about multisyllabicity

What does multisyllabicity mean?
Multisyllabicity means the state or condition of being multisyllabic.
What part of speech is multisyllabicity?
Multisyllabicity is a noun.

Words near multisyllabicity in the dictionary

  1. multisuture
  2. multiswarm
  3. multisweep
  4. multisyllabic
  5. multisyllabically
  6. multisyllabicity
  7. multisyllable
  8. multisyllables
  9. multisymbol
  10. multisymbolic
  11. multisymbols

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