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sesquipedal
sesquipedal, a. and n. (səsˈkwɪpɪdəl), ˈsɛskwɪpɛdəl) [ad. L. sesquipedāl-is, f. sesqui- + ped-, pēs foot: cf. pedal.] A. adj. = sesquipedalian.1611 R. Badley in Coryat's Crudities k 2 b, The sesquipedale belly of thy Tome. 1624 Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. ii. vi, Fustian, big, sesquipedal words. 1802... Oxford English Dictionary
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sesquipedalian
sesquipedalian, a. and n. (ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən) [f. L. sesquipedālis: see sesquipedal and -ian.] A. adj. 1. Of words and expressions (after Horace's sesquipedalia verba ‘words a foot and a half long’, A.P. 97): Of many syllables.1656 Blount Glossogr. s.v., Sesquipedalian words (verba sesquipedalia) us... Oxford English Dictionary
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