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Adjective: polysyllabic  ,pó-lee-si'la-bik
  1. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
    "polysyllabic technical terms";
    - sesquipedalian
     
  2. Having or characterized by words of more than three syllables
    "The polysyllabic terminology confused the novice readers"

See also: long, syllabic

Encyclopedia: Polysyllabic