SESQUIPEDALITY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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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