Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
polysemous
1884, from Medieval Latin polysemus, from Greek polysemos "of many sides" (see polysemy).
Wiktionary
polysemous
a. (context linguistics English) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.
WordNet
polysemous
adj. of words; having many meanings [syn: polysemantic]
Usage examples of "polysemous".
The nature of such imaginative truth is manifested by the indirect, polysemous, and metaphorical nature of the genres through which it is perceived.
An open structure allows a rich array of connections and polysemous meanings, but these reproduce the instabilities of exile.