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1. (adj.) polysynthetic
(of a language) characterized by the use of long words containing a large number of affixes to express syntactic relationships and meanings, as many American Indian languages.
Etymology: (1815–1825; < LGk polysýnthet(os) much compounded + -ic . See poly -, synthetic)
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1. (adj) agglutinative, polysynthetic
forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning
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1. (adj) polysynthetic
characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative
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