taramasalata

[tahr-uh-muh-suh-lah-tuh; Gk. tah-rah-mah-sah-lah-tah]

ta·ra·ma·sa·la·ta

[tahr-uh-muh-suh-lah-tuh; Gk. tah-rah-mah-sah-lah-tah]
noun
a Greek dip or paste of smoked carp roe combined with milk, bread crumbs, lemon juice, and olive oil.
Also, ta·ra·mo·sa·la·ta [tahr-uh-moh-suh-lah-tuh; Gk. tah-rah-maw-sah-lah-tah] .
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Taramasalata has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
given to using long words.
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taramasalata (ˌtærəməsəˈlɑːtə)
 
n
a creamy pale pink pâté, made from the roe of grey mullet or smoked cod and served as an hors d'oeuvre
 
[C20: from Modern Greek, from tarama cod's roe]

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