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noun
diversity of meanings.
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Polysemy
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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| polysemy (ˌpɒlɪˈsiːmɪ, pəˈlɪsəmɪ) | |
| —n | |
| Compare monosemy the existence of several meanings in a single word | |
| [C20: from New Latin polysēmia, from Greek polusēmos having many meanings, from | |
| poly'semous | |
| —adj | |
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