What does Sesquipedalianism mean?
sesquipedalian Add to list Share. Use the adjective sesquipedalian to describe a word that’s very long and multisyllabic. Each of those long words is referred to as a sesquipedalia. Antidisestablishmentarianism is a sesquipedalia: in fact it’s the longest non-coined and nontechnical word in the English language.
How do you say Sesquipedalianism?
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How do you use Sesquipedalian in a sentence?
Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said. He was indebted to a ruse of Aunt Margaret for his historic and sesquipedalian name. He said that when it took a whole basketful of sesquipedalian adjectives to whoop up a thing of beauty, it was time for suspicion.