Definition of "polysemic"

polysemic

/pəˈlɪs.ɪ.mɪk/

adjective
comparative more polysemic, superlative most polysemic
1. (linguistics) Having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings.
  Quotations
  As a series of polysemic and paradoxical sketches, Jackass does not lend itself to one particular theoretical analysis.
  2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 58