POL'YSYLLABLE, noun [Gr.many and a syllable.] A word of many syllables, that is, consisting of more syllables than three, for words of a less number than four are called monosyllables, dissyllables and trisyllables.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.