What does sesquipedalian mean in English? Meaning of sesquipedalian definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "sesquipedalian" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "sesquipedalian": a very long word (a foot and a half long)
Noun
Meaning: a very long word (a foot and a half long)
Synonyms: sesquipedalia
sesquipedalian
Hypernyms: polysyllabic word
polysyllable
Hyphenation: ses‧qui‧pe‧da‧li‧an
Meaning of "sesquipedalian": given to the overuse of long words
Adjective
Meaning: given to the overuse of long words
Example: sesquipedalian orators
this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money
Synonyms: sesquipedalian
Similar: pretentious
Hyphenation: ses‧qui‧pe‧da‧li‧an
Meaning of "sesquipedalian": (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
Adjective
Meaning: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
Example: sesquipedalian technical terms
Synonyms: polysyllabic
sesquipedalian
Similar: long
Hyphenation: ses‧qui‧pe‧da‧li‧an
Adjective: A long word. 1830, On the Art of Rising in Prose The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, part 2, v. 29, Henry Colburn and Co., page: 162: “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods; 1927, John S. Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume Work, Entitled "Slang and Its Analogues", Taylor & Francis, page: 164: Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel; 1952, Hannah More, Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page: 220: ‘Sometimes we converse in ballad-rhymes, sometimes in Johnsonian sesquipedalians; at tea we condescend to riddles and charades.’1830, On the Art of Rising in Prose The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, part 2, v. 29, Henry Colburn and Co., page: 162: “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods;1927, John S. Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume Work, Entitled "Slang and Its Analogues", Taylor & Francis, page: 164: Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel;1952, Hannah More, Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page: 220: ‘Sometimes we converse in ballad-rhymes, sometimes in Johnsonian sesquipedalians; at tea we condescend to riddles and charades.’A person who uses long words. 2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing,Oxford University Press, page: 106: Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge. 2009, Sally Adams, Wynford Hicks, Interviewing for Journalists, Taylor & Francis, page: 97: ‘What sort of writer is the English professor looking for?’ / ‘He wants a sesquipedalian, of course.’ 2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?: Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.2008, Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing,Oxford University Press, page: 106: Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge.2009, Sally Adams, Wynford Hicks, Interviewing for Journalists, Taylor & Francis, page: 97: ‘What sort of writer is the English professor looking for?’ / ‘He wants a sesquipedalian, of course.’2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?: Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.
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