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sesquipedalian
(encz) | sesquipedalian, 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 |
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] |
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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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