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sesquipedal


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  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 




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