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polysemant

polysemant noun: a word or phrase with more than one meaning.

Noun

polysemant (plural polysemants)

  1. A word or phrase with more than one meaning.

Forms of polysemant

pluralpolysemants

Origin of polysemant

Probably a back-formation from polysemantic.

Questions about polysemant

What does polysemant mean?
Polysemant means a word or phrase with more than one meaning.
What part of speech is polysemant?
Polysemant is a noun.
What is the plural of polysemant?
The plural of polysemant is polysemants.

Words near polysemant in the dictionary

  1. polyselenido
  2. polyself
  3. polyselfed
  4. polyselfing
  5. polyselfs
  6. polysemant
  7. polysemantic
  8. polysemantically
  9. polysemants
  10. polyseme
  11. polysemes

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