siderography

[sid-uh-rog-ruh-fee]

sid·er·og·ra·phy

[sid-uh-rog-ruh-fee]
noun
1.
the art or technique of engraving on steel.
2.
a method of increasing the number of reproductions obtained from a steel engraving by first rolling a soft-steel cylinder over a hardened steel plate and then rolling the hardened cylinder over a soft-steel plate.

Origin:
1810–20; sidero-1 + -graphy

sid·er·og·ra·pher, noun
sid·er·o·graph·ic [sid-er-uh-graf-ik] , adjective
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Siderography has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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