polysllables

Updated: May 5, 2025

Then he proceeded to tell us of the great raptor in its life of hopeless captivity; his stern, rugged countenance, deep bass voice, and grand mouth-filling polysllables suiting his subject well, and making his description seem to our minds a sombre magnificent picture never to be forgotten at all events, never by an ornithologist.

W. H. (William Henry) Hudson - Birds in Town and Village