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sesquipedalian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sesquipedalia |
| Type of | polysyllabic word, polysyllable |
sesquipedalian::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | polysyllabic |
| Derivation | sesquipedality |
sesquipedalian technical terms.
sesquipedalian::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | sesquipedality |
sesquipedalian orators.
this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money.
Examples of sesquipedalian
sesquipedalian
I'm never really comfortable with the idea that I'm this monstrous sesquipedalian.
From the economist.com
Hey sesquipedalian from Tanawha, what visual aesthetic are you talking about?
From the dailymercury.com.au
A younger generation of critics dismissed the aging Updike as sexist, suburban, sesquipedalian.
From the stltoday.com
When he spoke, there issued forth a sesquipedalian vocabulary, diapasonal sounds like a Hammond organ in dense fog.
From the time.com
The old Pitt ballcoach couldn't match my sesquipedalian vocabulary if he hired Merriam Webster as his new offensive coordinator.
From the post-gazette.com
Robert Jay QC, the Leveson inquiry's lead counsel, made a name for himself during the hearings for his sesquipedalian vocabulary.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cynthia Ozick ingeniously ventriloquizes the sesquipedalian James, but more than that, she creates a literate jest, a short story as rich and entertaining as a high-comic novel.
From the boston.com
The Guardian Law team have been employing particularly sesquipedalian phraseology after watching this video teaching you how to speak like Robert Jay QC, lead counsel to the inquiry.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A very long word (a foot and a half long)
- Given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"
- Polysyllabic: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms"
- (Sesquipedalianism) The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. ...
- A person who uses long words; A long word; long; polysyllabic; Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words
- (sesquipedalianism) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing; A very long word
- Pertaning to excessively long words.
