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As a sesquipedalian stylist, he can throw a word like 'eponymous" into a sentence without missing a beat. ... Plus he has a weakness for what we can mischievously call sesquipedalian excess: Look out for such terms as "epiphenomenal," "diegetic" and "proprioceptive."
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sesquipedalian n. A long word. adj. Given to or characterized by the use of long words. Long and ponderous; ... Obscure Words: sesquipedalian...
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sesquipedalian given to the overuse of long words; 'sesquipecalian orators'; 'this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no ... Definition: sesquipedalian...
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"Anyone know what sesquipedalian means?" - Find the answer to this question and millions more on Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers. ... Sesquipedalian is an interesting word. The key syllable is "ped" -- originally Latin for "foot". Sesquipedalis was literally "a foot and a half long". It has come to ... It means, my good sir,
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Definition of sesquipedalian in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of sesquipedalian. What does sesquipedalian mean? Proper usage of the word sesquipedalian. Information about sesquipedalian in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. ... Dictionary entry overview: What does sesquipedalian mean?
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So you can use the word merely to describe something which is 18 inches long (or high or wide or whatever); Or in other words Sesquipedalian means... "About that big!" (hands held out appropriately); I love translating the grandiloquent into terse (and vice versa);
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Sesquipedalian means a long word, or given to using long words ... -sesquipedali- comes from "sesquipedalian" meaning a long word (litorally "a foot and a half long" in Latin), -o- is a pseudo-Greek noun-compounding vowel, and -phobia means "fear". I have to do a presentation, and I was hoping to do this phobia.
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Sesquipedalian: A long word, or characterized by the use of long words. From the Latin roots meaning "a foot and a half long." ... Mr. Ray from Finding Nemo: "Optical orbits up front. And remember, we keep our subesophageal ganglion to ourselves. That means you, Jimmy."
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this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2008 ... 1 point (53% like it) ... I agree with your basic premise, "sesquipedalian" is a lousy example. Are there any other words in English that contain -sesqui-?
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