Poly Definition

pŏlē
noun
Polyester.
Webster's New World
Polyethylene.
American Heritage
Wiktionary

(chiefly computer graphics) Polygon.

Wiktionary

(uncountable) Polyester.

A cotton-poly blend.
Wiktionary
prefix
More than one; many; much.
Polyatomic.
American Heritage
More than usual; excessive; abnormal.
Polydipsia.
American Heritage
Polymer; polymeric.
Polyethylene.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
Wiktionary
affix
Much, many, more than one.
Polychromatic.
Webster's New World
More than usual, excessive.
Polyphagia.
Webster's New World
In or of many kinds or parts.
Polymorph.
Webster's New World
Polymer of; polymerized.
Polyvinyl.
Webster's New World
adjective

(chiefly informal) Polyamorous.

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Other Word Forms of Poly

Noun

Singular:
poly
Plural:
polys

Origin of Poly

  • ModL < Gr poly- < polys, much, many < IE *pelu, large amount < base *pel-, to pour, fill > full

    From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition

  • Greek polu- from polus much, many pelə-1 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin polium, the name of a plant, perhaps Teucrium polium.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Ancient Greek πολύς (polus, “many, much")

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortening of various words.

    From Wiktionary

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