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.
[1913 Webster]
[1913 Webster] Sesquipedalianism
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
n : a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalia]
WordNet (r) 2.0
43 Moby Thesaurus words for "sesquipedalian":
Latinate, a mile long, awkward, bombastic, cramped, cumbrous,
elephantine, extensive, far-flung, far-reaching, fargoing, forced,
formal, grandiloquence, guinde, halting, hard word, heavy, inkhorn,
interminable, jawbreaker, jawbreaking, labored, leaden, lengthy,
lexiphanicism, long, long word, longish, longsome, lumbering,
no end of, polysyllabic, polysyllable, pompous, ponderous,
sesquipedal, stiff, stilted, tall, turgid, unwieldy, without end
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
polysyllabic, sesquipedalia
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