multisyllabic
Having several syllables
Multisyllabic means having more than one syllable.
The word describes the structure of words themselves: multisyllabic vocabulary, multisyllabic names.
It often implies complexity or length, sometimes with a hint of pretension: He favored multisyllabic jargon over plain speech.
Given to lengthy vocabulary
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
- technicalOf specific methods
scientific · latinate · jargon · terminology · nomenclature · verbose · ornate · erudite
Word exceeding one syllable
- syllabicationDivision into sound units
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- articulationClear vocal expression
- enunciationClarity of spoken words
diction · phonetics · phonology · stress · intonation · accent · elocution · utterance
Vocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- etymologyWord origin study
- derivationSource or origin tracing
affixation · compounding · agglutination · inflection · prefix · suffix · neologism · loanword
sesquipedalian
Given to lengthy vocabulary
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- sophisticatedWorldly and cultured
technical · scientific · latinate · jargon · terminology · nomenclature · verbose · ornate · erudite · scholarly
polysyllable
Word exceeding one syllable
- syllabicationDivision into sound units
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- articulationClear vocal expression
enunciation · diction · phonetics · phonology · stress · intonation · accent · elocution · utterance · vocalization
lexicon
Vocabulary of a language
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- etymologyWord origin study
derivation · affixation · compounding · agglutination · inflection · prefix · suffix · neologism · loanword · portmanteau
meter
Device that measures usage
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- dactylFinger, toe, or verse foot
- hexameterSix-foot poetic line
scansion · iamb · trochee · anapest · spondee · prosody · verse · cadence · rhythm · foot
- long wordssupercalifragilisticexpialidocious, antidisestablishmentarianism, incomprehensibilities, counterrevolutionary, electroencephalograph
- syllable countstwo syllables, three syllables
- syllablessyllabication, monosyllable, trisyllable, polysyllable, onset
multisyllabicmonosyllabic
Having one syllable
short · brief · simple · curt · bisyllabic