sesquipedalian

  • 101polysyllabic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having many syllables: long1, sesquipedal, sesquipedalian. See LONG …

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  • 102sesquipedal — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having many syllables: long1, polysyllabic, sesquipedalian. See LONG …

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  • 103Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …

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  • 104supposively — Supposedly it s supposed to mean supposedly. Supposively, I went to an Ivy League college, but I still can t say sesquipedalian words such as supposedly …

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  • 105supposively — Supposedly it s supposed to mean supposedly. Supposively, I went to an Ivy League college, but I still can t say sesquipedalian words such as supposedly …

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  • 106bombastic — a. Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilted, grandiloquent, magniloquent, altiloquent, sesquipedalian, pompous, sophomorical, high flown, high sounding …

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  • 107mouthful — noun 1) a mouthful of pizza Syn: bite, nibble, taste, bit, piece; spoonful, forkful 2) a mouthful of beer Syn: sip, swallow, drop, gulp, slug; informal swig …

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  • 108bombastic — adj 1. pompous, orotund, fustian, haughty, pretentious, ostentatious, flaunting, bom bastical; grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; high sounding, high flown, lofty, Inf. highfalutin, Inf. high… …

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  • 109fustian — n 1. bombast, rant, grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic. tympany; extravagance, high flown language, flowery speech, exaggerated language, overstatement, sesquipedality;… …

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  • 110high-flown — adj grandiloquent, grandiose, magniloquent, extravagant, lofty, vaulting, high sounding, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; bombastic, bombastical, inflated, swollen, bloated, flatulent, turgid, plethoric; overdrawn, overdone,… …

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