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Sesquipedal
(gcide) | Sesquipedal \Ses*quip"e*dal\, Sesquipedalian
\Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F.
sesquip['e]dal, L. sesquipedalis.]
Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a
sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long
words.
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sesquipedalia
(encz) | sesquipedalia, n: |
sesquipedalian
(encz) | sesquipedalian, n: |
sesquipedality
(encz) | sesquipedality, n: |
Sesquipedalian
(gcide) | Sesquipedal \Ses*quip"e*dal\, Sesquipedalian
\Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F.
sesquip['e]dal, L. sesquipedalis.]
Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a
sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long
words.
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Sesquipedalianism
(gcide) | Sesquipedalianism \Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an*ism\, Sesquipedalism
\Ses*quip"e*dal*ism\, n.
Sesquipedality.
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Sesquipedalism
(gcide) | Sesquipedalianism \Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an*ism\, Sesquipedalism
\Ses*quip"e*dal*ism\, n.
Sesquipedality.
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Sesquipedality
(gcide) | Sesquipedality \Ses`qui*pe*dal"i*ty\, n.
1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. --Sterne.
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2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by
the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
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sesquipedalia
(wn) | sesquipedalia
n 1: a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn:
sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia] |
sesquipedalian
(wn) | sesquipedalian
adj 1: given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian
orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no
money"
2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
"sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic,
sesquipedalian]
n 1: a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn:
sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia] |
sesquipedality
(wn) | sesquipedality
n 1: using long words |
vigna sesquipedalis
(wn) | Vigna sesquipedalis
n 1: South American bean having very long succulent pods [syn:
asparagus bean, yard-long bean, {Vigna unguiculata
sesquipedalis}, Vigna sesquipedalis] |
vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
(wn) | Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
n 1: South American bean having very long succulent pods [syn:
asparagus bean, yard-long bean, {Vigna unguiculata
sesquipedalis}, Vigna sesquipedalis] |
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