slovodefinícia
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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[1913 Webster] Sesquipedalianism
podobné slovodefinícia
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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[1913 Webster] Sesquipedalianism
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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