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polysynthetical

polysynthetical is the alternative form of polysynthetic.

Meaning of polysynthetic

Adjective

polysynthetic (comparative more polysynthetic, superlative most polysynthetic)

  1. Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
    • "No doubt, sir," Summerlee answered. "Like all such tribes, I shall expect to find them of polysynthetic speech and of Mongolian type." "Polysynthetic certainly," said Challenger, indulgently.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. Having layers of twin crystals

Forms of polysynthetical

comparativemore polysynthetical
superlativemost polysynthetical

Questions about polysynthetical

What is polysynthetical the alternative form of?
Polysynthetical is the alternative form of polysynthetic.

Words near polysynthetical in the dictionary

  1. polysynthesis
  2. polysynthesism
  3. polysynthetic
  4. polysynthetic twinning
  5. polysynthetic twinnings
  6. polysynthetical
  7. polysynthetically
  8. polysyntheticism
  9. polysyntheticisms
  10. polysynthetism
  11. polysynths

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Adapted from Wiktionary: polysynthetical (page history and authors); polysynthetic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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