Sesquipedality

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The condition or property of being sesquipedalian; hence, the condition of being over-large.
  • noun. The practice of using long words.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal.
  • noun. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. using long words
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    expressive style  style  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sesquipedalism  
    Disclaimer: This site has been created by RJ Softwares and is part of the Lexulous & Wordscraper games.