sesquipedalian
/ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪliən/
noun
- A person who uses long words.
- The writer was known as a sesquipedalian, but his stories were still engaging.
- The debate club had a few sesquipedalians who loved showing off.
- As a sesquipedalian, she couldn't resist using "floccinaucinihilipilification" in conversation.
- A long word.
- The teacher asked the class to find a sesquipedalian in the poem.
- He challenged his friend to spell a sesquipedalian correctly.
- The dictionary was full of obscure sesquipedalians.
adjective
- Relating to or using very long words; long-winded.
- The professor's sesquipedalian lecture confused the first-year students.
- His sesquipedalian style made the simple instructions hard to follow.
- She avoided sesquipedalian language in her blog to keep it accessible.
- Very long; polysyllabic (of a word).
- The crossword puzzle was full of sesquipedalian terms.
- "Antidisestablishment" is a famously sesquipedalian word.
- He enjoyed using sesquipedalian vocabulary to impress his friends.
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