Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sesquipedalian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sesquipedalian
adj 1: given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipecalian
orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has
no money"
2: (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables;
"sesquipedalian technical terms" [syn: {polysyllabic}]
n : a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: {sesquipedalia}]
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