sesquipedalism

sesquipedalism
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  • Sesquipedalism — Sesquipedalianism Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sesquipedalism — ses·quip·e·dal·ism …   English syllables

  • sesquipedalism — noun see sesquipedalianism …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sesquipedalianism — Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sesquipedality — Ses qui*pe*dal i*ty, n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Fobia — Para otros usos de este término, véase Fobia (desambiguación). Una fobia (palabra derivada de Fobos (en griego antiguo Φόϐος, ‘pánico’, que era la personificación del miedo en la mitología griega, hijo de Ares y Afrodita) es un trastorno de salud …   Wikipedia Español

  • sesquipedalian — sesquipedality /ses kwi pi dal i tee/, sesquipedalianism, sesquipedalism /ses kwip i dl iz euhm, kwi peed l iz euhm/, n. /ses kwi pi day lee euhn, dayl yeuhn/, adj. Also, sesquipedal /ses kwip i dl/. 1. given to using long words. 2. (of a word)… …   Universalium

  • bombast — I noun affectation, boastfulness, boasting, braggery, chatter, declamation, diatribe, embellishment, empty talk, enlargement, euphemism, exaggeration, expansion, flatulence, floridness, fustian, garnishing, grandiloquence, grandiosity, harangue,… …   Law dictionary

  • verbosity — n 1. wordiness, verbality, verbalism, verbiage, prolixity, prolixness, loquacity, loquaciousness, long windedness, longiloquence, multiloquence; overtalkativeness, talkativeness, glibness, loose tongue, Inf. gabbiness, Inf. gift of gab, Inf.… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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