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SESQUIPEDALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Using long words
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sesquipedality" is a kind of...):
expressive style; style (a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period)
Derivation:
sesquipedalian ((of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables)
sesquipedalian (given to the overuse of long words)
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