POLYSEMOUS

polysemous, polysemantic

(adjective) of words; having many meanings

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

polysemous (not comparable)

(linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.

Synonyms: polysemantic, polysemic

Antonyms: monosemous, univocal

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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