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adjective
1.
pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
noun
2.
a 150th anniversary or its celebration.
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Sesquicentennial
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| given to using long words. |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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Word Origin & History
sesquicentennial
"pertaining to a century and a half," 1880, from L. sesqui- "one and a half" (from semis "a half" + -que "and") + centennial (q.v.). First recorded ref. is to Baltimore's.
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