pysma

P3Y4S1M3A1

noun

The asking of a series of questions requiring complex answers.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounpysma (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableThe asking of a series of questions requiring complex answers.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπύσμα“a question requiring an explanation”
  2. Englishpysma

From Ancient Greek πύσμα (púsma, “a question requiring an explanation”).

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APA

pysma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pysma

MLA

“pysma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pysma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pysma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pysma.

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