polysemic

Variant of polysemy

polysemy definition

poly·semy (päl′i sē′mē)

noun

the phenomenon of having or being open to several or many meanings

Etymology: ModL polysemia < LL polysemus, having many meanings < Gr polysēmos < poly-, poly- + sēma, a sign: see semantic

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