10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYSYLLABICISM»
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polysyllabicism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
polysyllabicism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Making of Chaucer's English: A Study of Words
It is a contrast that points the linguistic difference between the affiliations of the
proem (firmly seated in the tradition of polysyllabicism and borrowing) and these
opening lines of the book (slowly but surely seating itself in the tradition of the ...
2
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
Same as polysyllabic. polysyllabicism(pol'i-si-Iab'i-sizm),n. [(.polysyllabic + -ism.]
Polysyllabic character; the quality of having or of being composed of many (
specifically more than three) syllables. polysyllabism (pol-i-sira-bizm), «.
3
An English-Welsh pronouncing dictionary: with an analysis of ...
... amrysilliog, amrysill Polysyllabicism, pol-i-sil-lab'-i-sism, s. y ddansawdd o
feddu llawer o sillau Polysyllable, pol'-i-sil-la-bl, s. amlsill, amsill, amrysill, gair
amlsilliog Polysyndeton, pol-i-sin'-di-ton, s. amry- gydiad, amlgysylltiad,
amrygyswllt, ...
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Mercantile speller: containing the correct ways of spelling ...
... or polysyllabical polysyllabicism, or polysyllabism Polysymmetrical
Polysynthetic, or Polysynthetical polysynthesis, or polysyntheticism Polytechnic
poly technical Polytheism polytheist polytheistic, or polytheistical polytheistically
polytheize ...
Samuel Hamilton. degenerate into hair-splitting distinctions and puerile subtleties
, but to that exactness which enriches speech. A copious and correct speech
avoids monosyllabicism on the one side and stilted polysyllabicism on the other.
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In the Australian Bush and on the Coast of the Coral Sea: ...
Characteristic is the polysyllabicism of the words, their beginning with a
consonant and their ending in a vowel, or in a fluid consonant. All the words
noted by me on the Burnett, and added to this book as a supplement, show this
singularity.
Richard Wolfgang Semon,
1899
7
Mercantile Speller: Containing the Correct Ways of Spelling ...
... Poor Polysepalous Pomp poorer Polyspast Pompire poorest Polystyle Pompon
poorhouse polystylous Pomposo poorliness Polysyllable pomposity pporly
polysyllabic, or pompous poorness polysyllabical pompously Pop polysyllabicism
, ...
8
Eclectic Medical Gleaner
If you use " dilation," you do so with a mental reservation deferential to the
legitimate and modest plea of "ta; " while if you use "dilatation," you do so with a
mental protest, having reference to polysyllabicism. But don't forget that as your
choice ...
9
The Spirit's Pathway Traced: Did it Pre-exist and Does it ...
VVhen will professional gentlemen in universities and insane asylums, gifted in
polysyllabicism, cease confounding personality with individuality, hypnotism with
mesmerism, and knowledge with wisdom? In mesmerism, with the I 52 THE ...
James Martin Peebles,
1906
10
Traits and stories of the Irish peasantry. By W. Carleton
one and all of which the learned youth enters with an air of oracular importance,
and a polysyllabicism of language that fails not in confounding them with
astonishment and edification. Neither does Paddy confine himself to Latin or
Greek, ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYSYLLABICISM»
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polysyllabicism is used in the context of the following news items.
Fergus Reid Buckley, RIP
Often mistaken for Bill in appearance and polysyllabicism, Reid was fun, and as charming a man as you could meet, brandishing joy, ... «National Review Online, Apr 14»
Nine Song Titles That Read Like Bad Babelfish Results
At the Drive-In, "Rolodex Propaganda" No band ever was so in love with their own polysyllabicism like El Paso postpunks At the Drive-In, who ... «Village Voice, Apr 11»
Textbook Obama
Polysyllabicism and subclauses add complexity, and skew the score toward older readers. “To reach the greatest number of people, ... «New York Magazine, Sep 09»