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polystylistic

polystylistic adjective: partaking of multiple styles.

Adjective

polystylistic (not comparable)

  1. Partaking of multiple styles
    • The more involving of the jazz sets included […] a group of shorter, polystylistic pieces by Jonathan Batiste; and a few standards dazzlingly played by Lee Musiker.2008 January 23, Allan Kozinn, “Mystical to Muscular: Many Styles in Play at a Keyboard Marathon”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    multistylistic

Synonyms of polystylistic

Origin of polystylistic

From poly- + stylistic.

Questions about polystylistic

What does polystylistic mean?
Polystylistic means partaking of multiple styles.
What part of speech is polystylistic?
Polystylistic is an adjective.

Words near polystylistic in the dictionary

  1. polystratified
  2. polystyle
  3. polystyles
  4. polystylism
  5. polystylist
  6. polystylistic
  7. polystylists
  8. polystylous
  9. polystyrene
  10. polystyrene worm
  11. polystyrene worms

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