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First published 1986 (DOST Vol. VI).
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(Poli,) Polysyllabe, n. [F. (1464 in Godef. Compl.), med. L. polysyllabus, from the Gk.] A polysyllable. — 1581-1623 James VI Poems I 72/22.
Gif ȝour sectioun be nocht ather a monosyllabe … bot the first syllabe of a polysyllabe [etc.]
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