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English
Etymology
From polysyllabic + -ism.
Noun
polysyllabicism (usually uncountable, plural polysyllabicisms)
- (of linguistic expression) The state or characteristic of having a polysyllabic or overly complex style.
1807, W. Taylor, Annual Review, page 274:It will only facilitate the acquirement of a sesquipedalian diction, having the polysyllabicism without the precision of Johnson.
1973, C. G. Dobbs, “Book Review of Soil Micro-Organisms by T. R. G. Gray and S. T. Williams (1971)”, in The Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 10, number 2, page 665:If polysyllabicism is considered more 'scientific,' should we not seize the opportunity to call the study of micro-organisms 'mico-organicology'?
- 2005 Feb. 15, Susan Elkin, In praise of polysyllabicism, Telegraph.co.uk, Telegraph Media Group:
- Vocabulary is the meat, blood and bones of language.
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