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- SESQUIPEDALIAN Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of SESQUIPEDALIAN is having many syllables : long How to use sesquipedalian in a sentence Did you know?
- SESQUIPEDALIAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
SESQUIPEDALIAN definition: 1 (of a word) long: 2 (of a person or their language) using too many long words: 3 a long word… Learn more
- sesquipedalian, adj. n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . .
Sesquipedalian words (verba sesquipedalia) used by Horace for great, stout, and lofty words; words that are very long, consisting of many Syllables Noddle puzling sesquepedalian words Finding one of his sesquipedalian words hang fire A set of sesquipedalian exclamations
- SESQUIPEDALIAN Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Sesquipedalian definition: given to using long words See examples of SESQUIPEDALIAN used in a sentence
- Sesquipedalian - definition of sesquipedalian by . . . - The Free Dictionary
Define sesquipedalian sesquipedalian synonyms, sesquipedalian pronunciation, sesquipedalian translation, English dictionary definition of sesquipedalian n A long word adj 1 Given to or characterized by the use of long words 2 Long and ponderous; polysyllabic American Heritage® Dictionary of the
- SESQUIPEDALIAN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
3 meanings: 1 tending to use very long words 2 (of words or expressions) long and ponderous; polysyllabic 3 a polysyllabic Click for more definitions
- sesquipedalian - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
sesquipedalian (comparative more sesquipedalian, superlative most sesquipedalian) (of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word
- Sesquipedalian - Definition and Examples of Sesquipedalian
It is a stylistic device, defined as the use of words that are very long and have several syllables In other words, sesquipedalian writing or speech involves the overuse of long syllabic (multisyllabic) words, or excessive use of extraordinarily long words
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