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sesquipedalian a. 一尺半长的,(词)长的
n. 冗长的单字 一尺半长的,(词)长的冗长的单字 sesquipedalian adj 1: given to the overuse of long words; " sesquipedalian orators"; " this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" 2: ( of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; " sesquipedalian technical terms" [ synonym: { polysyllabic}, { sesquipedalian}] n 1: a very long word ( a foot and a half long) [ synonym: { sesquipedalian}, { sesquipedalia}] 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] Sesquipedalianism43 Moby Thesaurus words for " sesquipedalian": Latinate, 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, leaden, lengthy, lexiphanicism, long, long word, longish, longsome, lumbering, no end of, polysyllabic, polysyllable, pompous, ponderous, sesquipedal, stiff, stilted, tall, turgid, unwieldy, without end
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