self-explanatory

[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-]

self-ex·plan·a·to·ry

[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-]
adjective
explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.
Also, self-ex·plain·ing [self-ik-spley-ning, self-] .


Origin:
1895–1900
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Self-explanatory has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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World English Dictionary
self-explanatory or (less commonly) self-explaining
 
adj
understandable without explanation; self-evident
 
self-explaining or (less commonly) self-explaining
 
adj

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