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You searched for: "sesquipedalian" sesquipedalian
1. Of words and expressions (after Horace’s sesquipedalia verba, “words a foot and a half long”); of many syllables. 2. A word with many letters or syllables. 3. A description of a person who is overly given to using long words; especially when verbal construction utilizing less amplification might represent a more naturally efficacious phraseology. 4. A person or thing that is a foot and a half in height or length.
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