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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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Definition of sesquipedalian in the AudioEnglish.net Dictionary. Meaning of sesquipedalian. What does sesquipedalian mean?
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Online Medical Dictionary and glossary with medical definitions ... Sesquipedalian: A long polysyllabic word that means having many syllables or using long words, as is all too often the case with medical terms. ... home > sesquipedalian definition...
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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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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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www.yentering.com/sesquipedalian+words
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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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