sesquipedalism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sesquipedal + -ism
Noun[edit]
sesquipedalism (uncountable)
- (rare) Alternative form of sesquipedalianism
- 1901, George Jacob Holyoake, Public speaking and debate:
- all verbiage and sesquipedalism
References[edit]
- “sesquipedalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.