Sesquipedalianism Definition
noun
(countable) A very long word.
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Noun
Singular:
sesquipedalianism
Plural:
sesquipedalianismsOrigin of Sesquipedalianism
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From Latin sesquipedalis (“a foot and a half long; in metaphorical use, “of an unnatural length, huge, big””), from sesqui (“one and a half times as great”) + pedalis (“foot”).
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Surface form analyzed as sesquipedalian + -ism, from sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedalian (“of the foot”).
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