The word 'sesquipedalian' is an example of the very thing it means.
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Sesquipedalian
/ˌsɛs.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.lɪ.ən/
Synonyms for "sesquipedalian" (50 found)
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leadenlengthylexiphanicismlonglong wordlongishlongsomelumberingno end ofpolysyllabicpolysyllablepompousponderousrhetoricalsesquipedalstiffstiltedtallturgidunwieldy
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without end
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Denying the sesquipedalian is but mere floccinaucinihilipilification.
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“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;
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Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel;
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