Polysemous
/pəˈlɪs.ɪ.məs/ adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Synonym of polysemic. not-comparable
"But just how are the meanings associated with a polysemous word related? A look at the entries for polysemous words in different dictionaries shows that lexicographers cannot agree on how to divide up the semantic space […]"
Adjective
- 1 of words; having many meanings wordnet
Example
More examples"Polysemous word is a word which has got several meanings."
Etymology
From Medieval Latin polysēmus, from Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).