Talk:sesquipedaliophobia
"Long words" is an expression. The definition should read "Fear of words with an unusually high number of letters", or "Fear of words with an unusually large number of syllables". — This comment was unsigned.
- What do you mean, "an expression"? They are physically long to write down. The definition seems fine. Equinox ◑ 23:31, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- It's a short yet precise expression of an idea; ideal for a dictionary. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:42, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- Actually I don't think we have a sense at long to cover long words, "Having great duration." is the closest, but long words don't have a great duration in terms of time, but in terms of length. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:46, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- The first sense looks right for written words: "Having much distance from one terminating point on an object or an area to another terminating point (usually applies to horizontal dimensions...)." The second sense "Having great duration" is right for spoken words. —Aɴɢʀ (talk) 20:26, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
- Actually I don't think we have a sense at long to cover long words, "Having great duration." is the closest, but long words don't have a great duration in terms of time, but in terms of length. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:46, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
- It's a short yet precise expression of an idea; ideal for a dictionary. Mglovesfun (talk) 23:42, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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Seems either rare or nonexistent. google books:"sesquipedaliophobia", google groups:"sesquipedaliophobia", “sesquipedaliophobia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.. The search finds some mentions; I do not see uses. --Dan Polansky (talk) 22:25, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- I notice sesquipedalophobia is attested. Could this word (with the i) be a misspelling? —Mr. Granger (talk • contribs) 22:49, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
- Created in this revision (hmm, I don't recall ever trying to turn that into a redirect before). TeleComNasSprVen (talk) 02:49, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
- Failed. — Ungoliant (falai) 16:30, 6 July 2014 (UTC)