Sesquipedalian

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long word.
  • adj. Given to or characterized by the use of long words.
  • adj. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long word.
  • n. A person who uses long words.
  • adj. long; polysyllabic.
  • adj. Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing or measuring a foot and a half: as, a sesquipedalian pygmy: often humorously said of long words, in translation of Horace's sesquipedalia verba (words a foot and a half long).
  • Addicted to the use of long words.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. given to the overuse of long words
  • adj. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
  • n. a very long word (a foot and a half long)
    • Equivalent
    pretentious    long   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    polysyllable    polysyllabic word   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    much-disputed    Spencerian    atom-laser    small    tautological   
     
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