polysynthetic

  1. Adjective.  (grammar) said of a language, characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are '''bound''' (i.e., they cannot stand alone as independent words). An example of a polysynthetic language is Ojibwe, where:.
  2. Adjective.  (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals.

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