sesquipedalianism
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Sesquipedalianism — Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sesquipedalianism — noun a) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing. b) A very long word. See Also: sequi , sesquipedal, sesquipedian … Wiktionary
sesquipedalianism — ses·qui·pe·da·lian·ism … English syllables
sesquipedalianism — … Useful english dictionary
Sesquipedalism — Sesquipedalianism Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Peter Bowler — is an Australian lexicographer and author of The Superior Person s Book of Words , The Superior Person s Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words , and The Superior Person s Third Book of Well Bred Words . He specializes in esoteric, arcane,… … Wikipedia
sesquipedalian — sesquipedality /ses kwi pi dal i tee/, sesquipedalianism, sesquipedalism /ses kwip i dl iz euhm, kwi peed l iz euhm/, n. /ses kwi pi day lee euhn, dayl yeuhn/, adj. Also, sesquipedal /ses kwip i dl/. 1. given to using long words. 2. (of a word)… … Universalium
fustian — I adjective bombastic, declamatory, flatulent, gausape, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, high sounding, inflated, mouthy, orotund, pompous, pretentious, ranting, swollen, tumid, turgid II noun affectation, altiloquence, bombast, bombastic… … Law dictionary
bad taste — Synonyms and related words: Babbittry, Gothicism, barbarism, barbarousness, bombasticness, bourgeois taste, cacology, cacophony, camp, campiness, clumsiness, coarseness, crudeness, cumbrousness, dysphemism, gracelessness, grossness, harshness,… … Moby Thesaurus
barbarism — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, Irish bull, Neanderthalism, age of ignorance, animality, antiphrasis, bad taste, barbarity, barbarousness, benightedness, benightment, bestiality, bombasticness, brutality, brutishness, cacology, cacophony,… … Moby Thesaurus
