polysemous

Example Sentences

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Some have dared to dream even bigger than polysemous aubergines.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2018

Welles was at the time in the grip of the semioticians: everything was polyvalent, polysemous, above all polysyllabic.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2015

In an article this month for the New Yorker, Jill Lepore also seemed to struggle with the polysemous nature of comics.

From The Guardian • May 21, 2015

“It’s kind of, like, you go to the beach,” she said, indicating another polysemous garment, “and wear it with something like that.”

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2011

While anyone who can come up with polysemous speaks perfectly competent English, Nouvel's is a bit idiosyncratic.

From Time Magazine Archive