"polylectic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more polylectic [comparative], most polylectic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛktɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “a lot of, much”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“many, much”), from the root *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + λέγειν (légein), from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”) (from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|πολύς||a lot of, much}} Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “a lot of, much”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*polh₁ús||many, much}} Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús (“many, much”), {{m|ine-pro|*pleh₁-||to fill}} *pleh₁- (“to fill”), {{m|grc|λέγειν}} λέγειν (légein), {{m|grc|λέγω||to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon}} λέγω (légō, “to arrange, choose, gather; to count, reckon”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-||to gather}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} polylectic (comparative more polylectic, superlative most polylectic)
  1. (entomology) Of or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants. Categories (topical): Entomology Translations (of or relating to an insect): polylektisch (German), πολυσυλλεκτικός (polysyllektikós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-polylectic-en-adj-Uyi7XwMs Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to an insect': 100 0
  2. (grammar) Of or relating to a term consisting of more than one word. Categories (topical): Grammar Categories (lifeform): Bees Translations (of or relating to a term): monisanainen (Finnish), πολυλεκτικός (polylektikós) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-polylectic-en-adj-AzcvhgRZ Disambiguation of Bees: 39 61 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with poly-, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 27 73 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 30 70 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 17 83 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or relating to a term': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polylecty, polylege, periphrastic [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences]

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