polysemant

noun

poly·​se·​mant

plural -s

: a word having more than one meaning

polysemantic

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adjective

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek polysēmantos with many meanings, from Greek poly- + sēmantos, verbal of sēmainein to mean, mark, signal, from sēma sign

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