"Polysyllabic" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... doubting that this must be some kind of postscript to the burial service for the private consolation of the family, let her mind wander. The word 'testament' in the first sentence seemed to make this certain, and the sentence or two that followed had a polysyllabic vagueness which by habit she connected with the offices of religion. The strained look on Aunt Hannah's face drew her attention away from Mr. Tulse and his recital. Her ear had been caught, too, by a ...
— Shining Ferry • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... in numerous ways Those polysyllabic old days, And the names that confounded the Bosch Were monosyllabic—like FOCH; But for brevity minus ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, September 8th, 1920 • Various |
