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" (61 found)
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lengthylexiphanicismlonglong wordlongishlongsomelumberingno end ofpolysyllablepompousponderouspretentiousrhetoricalsesquipedalstiffstiltedtallturgidunwieldywithout end
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24 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- многосричен adj (of long words)
German
4 entries- der ellenlangen Wörter adj (of long words)
- ellenlang adj (of long words)
- schwülstig adj (of long words)
- schwülstig daherredend adj (given to the use of long words)
Greek
1 entries- μακαρονοειδής adj (of long words)
Hungarian
2 entries- szókígyó noun (a long word)
- szószörnyeteg noun (a long word)
Icelandic
3 entries- gefinn fyrir long orð adj (given to the use of long words)
- margkvæður adj (of long words)
- margra atkvæða adj (of long words)
Italian
2 entries- sesquipedale adj (of long words)
- sesquipedale adj (given to the use of long words)
Polish
4 entries- długi adj (of long words)
- rozgadany adj (given to the use of long words)
- wielosylabowy adj (of long words)
- długie słowo noun (a long word)
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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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