sesquipedalian

noun · adjectiveC1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

sesquipedalians

1.
A long word.
“The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods;
2.
A person who uses long words.
Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more sesquipedalian

Superlative

most sesquipedalian

1.
(of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic.
The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word.
2.
Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.

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Đồng nghĩa

polysyllabicof long words polysyllabicgiven to the use of long words verbose

Trái nghĩa

monosyllabicbrachysyllabicof long words monosyllabic, brachysyllabicgiven to the use of long words concise

Cùng gốc / liên quan

sesquipedalianismsesquipedalianistsesquipedalophobiasesquipedalianist – a writer using sesquipedalianism.sesquipedalophobia – fear of long words.hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobiasesquipedal sesquipedality

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From sesquipedal + --ian, root from Latin sēsquipedālis, from Latin sēsqui (one and a half times) + Latin pedālis (measuring a foot, foot (relational)) (an adjective from pēs (foot)).