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pol•y•se•my n.

Linguisticsdiversity of meanings.

Greek polýsēmos, equivalent. to poly- poly- + sêm(a) sign + -os adjective, adjectival suffix) + -ia -y³
Neo-Latin polysēmia, equivalent. to Late Latin polysēm(us) with many significations (
1895–1900

pol′y•se′mous, adj.

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polysemy /ˌpɒlɪˈsiːmɪ; pəˈlɪsəmɪ/ n

the existence of several meanings in a single word

Etymology: 20th Century: from New Latin polysēmia, from Greek polusēmos having many meanings, from poly- + sēma a signˌpolyˈsemous, polysemic /ˌpɒlɪˈsiːmɪk/, rare polyseme /ˈpɒlɪˌsiːm/ adj

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