Meaning of Sesquipedalian | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A long word.
2. A person who uses long words.

Equivalents

Examples

““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;”

“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;”

“‘Sometimes we converse in ballad-rhymes, sometimes in Johnsonian sesquipedalians; at tea we condescend to riddles and charades.’”

“Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge.”

“‘What sort of writer is the English professor looking for?’ / ‘He wants a sesquipedalian, of course.’”

“Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.”

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