{ Pol`y*syl*lab"ic (?), Pol`y*syl*lab"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;; poly`s
many + &?; syllable: cf. F. polysyllabique.] Pertaining to a
polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables;
consisting of more than three syllables.
Pol`y*syl*lab"i*cism (?), n. Polysyllabism.
Pol`y*syl`la*bic"i*ty (?), n. Polysyllabism.
Pol`y*syl"la*bism (?), n. The quality or state of being polysyllabic.
Pol"y*syl`la*ble (?), n. [Poly- + syllable.] A word of many syllables,
or consisting of more syllables than three; -- words of less than four
syllables being called monosyllables, dissyllables, and trisyllables.
Pol`y*syn*det"ic (?), a. Characterized by polysyndeton, or the
multiplication of conjunctions. -- Pol`y*syn*det"ic*al*ly (#), adv.
||Pol`y*syn"de*ton (?), n. [NL., from Gr. poly`s many + &?; bound
||together, fr. &?; to bind together; &?; with + &?; to bind.] (Rhet.)
||A figure by which the conjunction is often repeated, as in the
||sentence, "We have ships and men and money and stores." Opposed to
||asyndeton.
Pol`y*syn"the*sis (?), n. [Poly- + synthesis.] 1. The act or process of
combining many separate elements into a whole.
2. (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of several
simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination.
Latham.
Pol`y*syn*thet"ic (-sn*tht"k), a. [Poly- + synthetic.] Characterized by
polysynthesis; agglutinative.
Polysynthetic twinning (Min.), repeated twinning, like that of the
triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately
reversed positions.
Pol`y*syn*thet"i*cism (-*sz'm), n. Polysynthesis.
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Pol`y*tech"nic (pl`*tk"nk), a. [Gr. poly`technos; poly`s many + te`chnh
an art: cf. F. polytechnique.] Comprehending, or relating to, many arts
and sciences; -- applied particularly to schools in which many branches
of art and science are taught with especial reference to their
practical application; also to exhibitions of machinery and industrial
products.
Pol`y*tech"nic*al (?), a. Polytechnic.
Pol`y*tech"nics (?), n. The science of the mechanic arts.
||Pol`y*tha*la"mi*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Polythalamous.] (Zoˆl.) A
||division of Foraminifera including those having a manychambered
||shell.
Pol`y*thal"a*mous (?), a. [Poly- + Gr. &?; a chamber.] (Zoˆl.)
Many-chambered; -- applied to shells of Foraminifera and cephalopods.
See Illust. of Nautilus.
Pol"y*the*ism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. &?; cf. F. polythÈisme.] The
doctrine of, or belief in, a plurality of gods.
In the Old Testament, the gradual development of polytheism from
the primitive monotheism may be learned.
Shaff-Herzog.
Pol"y*the*ist, n. [Cf. F. polythÈiste.] One who believes in, or
maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods.
{ Pol`y*the*is"tic (?), Pol`y*the*is"tic*al (?), } a. Of or pertaining
to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating
polytheism; as, polytheistic worship; a polytheistic author, or nation.
-- Pol`y*the*is"tic*al*ly, adv.
Pol"y*the*ize (?), v. i. To adhere to, advocate, or inculcate, the
doctrine of polytheism. Milman.
Pol`y*the"lism (?), n. [Poly- + Gr. qhlh` a nipple.] (Anat.) The
condition of having more than two teats, or nipples.
Po*lyt"o*cous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; poly`s many + &?; offspring.] 1. (Bot.)
Bearing fruit repeatedly, as most perennial plants; polycarpic.