polysyllable

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English syllable English polysyllable From poly- + syllable.

1. A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.

   “For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks.”

   “In the Phyengan dialect, wuy developed into wi but at the end of a polysyllable it often dropped the -y to become wu (ibid): Tang-nakwu = Tang-nakwi 'donkey'”