'Sesquipedalian' definitions:
Definition of 'sesquipedalian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money"
adjective
(of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: polysyllabic, sesquipedalian]
noun
A very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
Definition of 'Sesquipedalian'
From: GCIDE
- Sesquipedal \Ses*quip"e*dal\, Sesquipedalian \Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquip['e]dal, L. sesquipedalis.] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Sesquipedalianism
Synonyms of 'sesquipedalian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a mile long,
- awkward,
- bombastic,
- cramped,
- cumbrous,
- elephantine,
- extensive,
- far-flung,
- far-reaching,
- fargoing,
- forced,
- formal,
- grandiloquence,
- guinde,
- halting,
- hard word,
- heavy,
- inkhorn,
- interminable,
- jawbreaker,
- jawbreaking,
- labored,
- Latinate,
- leaden,
- lengthy,
- lexiphanicism,
- long,
- long word,
- longish,
- longsome,
- lumbering,
- no end of,
- polysyllabic,
- polysyllable,
- pompous,
- ponderous,
- sesquipedal,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- tall,
- turgid,
- unwieldy,
- without end