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Sesquipedality

//ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdæləti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian. countable, uncountable

    "Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards."

  2. 2
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Etymology

From sesquipedal + -ity.

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