sesquipedalian
11sesquipedalian — 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)… …
12sesquipedalian words — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13sesquipedalian — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, a mile long, awkward, bombastic, cramped, cumbrous, elephantine, extensive, far flung, far reaching, fargoing, forced, formal, grandiloquence, guinde, halting, hard word, heavy, inkhorn, interminable,… …
14sesquipedalian — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having many syllables: long1, polysyllabic, sesquipedal. See LONG …
15sesquipedalian — A long word …
16sesquipedalian — ses·qui·pe da·li·an || ‚seskwɪpɪ deɪlɪən n. word containing many syllables adj. very long, containing many syllables (of a word); tending to use very long words …
17sesquipedalian — [ˌsɛskwɪpɪ deɪlɪən] adjective formal (of a word) polysyllabic; long. ↘characterized by long words; long winded. Origin C17: from L. sesquipedalis a foot and a half long , from sesqui (see sesqui ) + pes, ped foot …
18sesquipedalian — ses·qui·pe·da·lian …
19sesquipedalian — UK [ˌseskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən] / US adjective very formal 1) using a lot of long words that most people do not understand 2) used to describe a very long word with many syllables …
20sesquipedalian — ses•qui•pe•da•li•an [[t]ˌsɛs kwɪ pɪˈdeɪ li ən, ˈdeɪl yən[/t]] adj. 1) cvb given to using long words 2) cvb (of a word) containing many syllables • Etymology: 1605–15; < L sēsquipedāli(s) measuring a foot and a half …
