Sentence example with the word 'sesquipedalian'

sesquipedalian

a mile long, cumbrous, far-reaching, grandiloquence, heavy, jawbreaking, lexiphanicism, longsome, polysyllable, stiff, unwieldy

Definition adj. given to the overuse of long words

Last update: September 26, 2015


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Many other fulsome, turgid, and even whimsical expressious of praise might be named, for the Puritans were rich in classic sesquipedalian adjectives, and their active linguistic consciences made them equally fertile in producing new ones.   [Please select]

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