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sesquipedalian
adjective
uk /ˌses.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.li.ən/ us /ˌses.kwə.pəˈdeɪl.jən/
(of a word) long:
Stop using sesquipedalian words, please.
The study is loaded with technical terminology and sesquipedalian neologisms.
(of a person or their language) using too many long words:
The assembly was led by the school's sesquipedalian head teacher.
The professor tends towards sesquipedalian speech.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of talking
atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
telegrammatic
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter
sesquipedalian
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌses.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.li.ən/ us /ˌses.kwə.pəˈdeɪl.jən/
a long word or a sentence containing a lot of long words:
The German language has a lot of sesquipedalians.
someone who uses too many long words:
He is a sesquipedalian, but has no intellectual depth.
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