polysemic

形容词 adj.
/pəˈlɪs.ɪ.mɪk/    /pɒ.lɪˈsiː.mɪk/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having a number of senses (meanings) or understandings.
    — As a series of polysemic and paradoxical sketches, Jackass does not lend itself to one particular theoretical analysis.

词形变化

more polysemic comparative most polysemic superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma)lbor.
English seme
English polyseme
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English polysemic
From polyseme + -ic.
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