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ses·qui·pe·da·li·an    Audio Help   [ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective Also, ses·quip·e·dal    Audio Help   [ses-kwip-i-dl] Pronunciation Key.
1.given to using long words.
2.(of a word) containing many syllables.
–noun
3.a sesquipedalian word.

[Origin: 1605–15; < L sésquipedālis measuring a foot and a half (see sesqui-, pedal) + -an]

ses·qui·pe·dal·i·ty    Audio Help   [ses-kwi-pi-dal-i-tee] Pronunciation Key, ses·qui·pe·da·li·an·ism, ses·quip·e·dal·ism    Audio Help   [ses-kwip-i-dl-iz-uhm, ‑kwi-peed-l-iz-uhm] Pronunciation Key, noun
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Sesquipedalian

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ses·qui·pe·da·lian    Audio Help   (sěs'kwĭ-pĭ-dāl'yən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A long word.

adj.  
  1. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
  2. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.

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sesquipedalian 
1615, from L. sesquipedalia verba "words a foot-and-a-half long," in Horace's "Ars Poetica" (97), nicely illustrating the thing he is criticizing, from sesqui- "half as much again" (see sesquicentennial) + pes "foot" (see foot)

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sesquipedalian

adjective
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

noun
1. a very long word (a foot and a half long) 

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sesquipedalian

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