What does "polysynthesis" mean?
Polysynthesis: (Philol.) The formation of a word by the combination of several simple words, as in the aboriginal languages of America; agglutination. Latham.
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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