"polysemant" meaning in English

See polysemant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: polysemants [plural]
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from polysemantic. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|polysemantic|nocap=1}} back-formation from polysemantic Head templates: {{en-noun}} polysemant (plural polysemants)
  1. A word or phrase with more than one meaning.
    Sense id: en-polysemant-en-noun-5XyKmHs4 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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