ADJECTIVE
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given to the overuse of long words
this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money
sesquipedalian orators -
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
sesquipedalian technical terms
NOUN
- a very long word (a foot and a half long)
How To Use sesquipedalian In A Sentence
- From the time the moderator gives the word, let's say it's "sesquipedalian," until your progeny very slowly spells it correctly, doesn't it seem a lifetime? Undefined
- Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
- sesquipedalian technical terms
- That makes one more sesquipedalian on the internet. 5 Lessons Tiger Woods Could’ve Learned from Watching Star Trek | Fandomania
- Let his obituary read, "Douglas Martin, a newspaperman who once got the word" sesquipedalian "onto the front page of the New York Times .... NYT A1: Sesquipedalian!!!! - Swampland - TIME.com
- The first hypothesis to be explored was proposed by no less influential a political observer than columnist George Will, the bow-tied, sesquipedalian voice of American conservatism. The Fiddler in the Subway
- Rather it is hoped that the haecceity of this enchiridion of arcane and recondite sesquipedalian items will appeal to the oniomania of an eximious Gemeinschaft whose legerity and sophrosyne, whose Sprachgefühl and orexis will find more than fugacious fulfillment among its felicific pages. Languagehat.com
- The English of the New Jerusalem Bible and New American Bible is sesquipedalian and nearly impossible to read aloud at times.
- this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money
- The work started as a monologue, a rather sesquipedalian, somewhat dithering Englishwoman's reverie about Kabul based on a 1965 guidebook to that city.