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sesquipedalian


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sesquipedalian 
  adj  1:  given  to  the  overuse  of  long  words  "sesquipecalian 
  orators";  "this  sesquipedalian  way  of  saying  one  has 
  no  money" 
  2:  (of  words)  long  and  ponderous;  having  many  syllables; 
  "sesquipedalian  technical  terms"  [syn:  {polysyllabic}] 
  n  :  a  very  long  word  (a  foot  and  a  half  long)  [syn:  {sesquipedalia}] 




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