Sesquipedalian

What is Sesquipedalian?


1.

ses·qui·pe·da·lian

n.

A long word.

adj.

1. Given to the use of long words.

2. Long and ponderous; polysyllabic.

A sesquipedalian is Throwing long word in a sentence that is un-needed:

Gregory found traffic court a Kafkaesque experience

2.

An extraordinarily large word. A word that only the pedantic use.

Pejorative is a sesquipedalian for insulting.


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