crème de violette

[krem duh vahy-uh-lit, kreem; Fr. krem duh vyaw-let]

noun

a liqueur flavored with vanilla extract and the essential oils of violets.

Origin:
< French: literally, cream of violet

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Crème de violette has a plethora of syllables.

So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:

given to using long words.

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

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