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English
Etymology
From poly- + synthetic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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- Ojibwe is a polysynthetic language where ngii-nitaa-ozhibii'amaadimin (“we used to write to each other”) is a possible word.
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polysynthetic (comparative more polysynthetic, superlative most polysynthetic)
- (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World , London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:"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.
- (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals
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