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A very long word (a foot and a half long)
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sesquipedalian
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Word definitions for sesquipedalian in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context of a word or words English) long; polysyllabic. 2 Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words. n. 1 A long word. 2 A person who uses long words.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "person or thing a foot and a half long," from Latin sesquipedalia "a foot-and-a-half long," from sesqui- "half as much again" (see sesqui- ) + stem of pes "foot" (see foot (n.)). As an adjective 1650s.\n \nMeaning "sesquipedalian word" (1830) is ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic ] n. a very long word (a foot ...
Usage examples of sesquipedalian.
The traditional figure of hypostasis, depicted by Johannes Damascenus, Lentulus Romanus and Epiphanius Monachus as leucodermic, sesquipedalian with winedark hair.
When I was growing up, not only did my family walk around spouting sesquipedalians, but we viewed all forms of intellectual competition as a sacrament, a kind of holy water, as it were, to be slathered on at every opportunity with the largest possible aspergill.