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Definition of Polysynthetic
1. Adjective. Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning.
Definition of Polysynthetic
1. a. Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.
Definition of Polysynthetic
1. Adjective. (grammar) said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are '''bound''' (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where: ¹
2. Adjective. (minerology) Having layers of twin crystals ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Polysynthetic
1.
Characterised by polysynthesis; agglutinative.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysynthetic
Literary usage of Polysynthetic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Introduction to the Science of Language by Archibald Henry Sayce (1880)
"PUTTING aside the polysynthetic dialects of America, the majority of the languages
of the world belong to the agglutinative class. ..."
2. Introduction to Anthropology by Theodor Waitz (1863)
"The American languages, which are called polysynthetic, are so characterized that
they usually consist of an agglomeration of independent words : thus, ..."
3. Introduction to Anthropology by Theodor Waitz (1863)
"The American languages, which are called polysynthetic, are so characterized that
they usually consist of an agglomeration of independent words : thus, ..."
4. Ethnology by Augustus Henry Keane (1896)
"... the structure of the languages of the Old "World—Surprising number of American
stock languages despite their common polysynthetic type—Classification of ..."
5. The Metallography of Steel and Cast Iron by Henry Marion Howe (1916)
"polysynthetic or Multiple Twinning.—Because it is the pressure of the knife blade
in the direction of the arrow of Fig. 94 that rocked the corner 1 Groth, ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"If we pass to an isolating language like Chinese, we find the exact converse of
that which meets us in the polysynthetic tongues. Here each proposition or ..."
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