"polysemant" meaning in All languages combined

See polysemant on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: polysemants [plural]
Etymology: Probably a back-formation of polysemantic. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|polysemantic|nocap=1}} back-formation of polysemantic Head templates: {{en-noun}} polysemant (plural polysemants)
  1. A word or phrase with more than one meaning.

Inflected forms

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