sesquipedalian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sesquipedalian	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sesquipedalian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sesquipedalian adj given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; "sesquipedalian technical terms" Synonym(s): polysyllabic, sesquipedalian n a very long word (a foot and a half long) [syn: sesquipedalian, sesquipedalia]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sesquipedal \Sesquip"edal\, Sesquipedalian \Ses`quipeda"lian\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquip[82]dal, L. sesquipedalis.] Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian* pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.