sesquipedalian

Etymology
From, root from , from +  (an adjective from ).

Noun

 * 1) A long word.
 * 2) * 1830, On the Art of Rising in Prose The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, part 2, v. 29, Henry Colburn and Co., page: 162:
 * “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods;
 * 1) A person who uses long words.
 * 2) * 2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?:
 * Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.
 * 1) * 2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?:
 * Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.
 * 1) * 2012, Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapter 8, page: ?:
 * Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words.

Translations

 * German: ellenlanges Wort schwülstiger Begriff ,
 * Hungarian: szókígyó, szószörnyeteg


 * German: Mensch der ellenlangen Worte, Mensch mit Vorliebe für ellenlange Wörter schwülstig daherredender Mensch

Adjective

 * 1)  Long; polysyllabic.
 * The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word.
 * 1) Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
 * Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.
 * 1) Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.
 * Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.

Derived terms

 * – literary style characterised by the use of long words.
 * – a writer using sesquipedalianism.
 * – fear of long words.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: многосричен
 * German: vielsilbig,, , der ellenlangen Wörter
 * Greek: μακαρονοειδής
 * Icelandic: margkvæður,
 * Italian:


 * German: zu ellenlangen Worten neigend, sich umständlich ausdrückend, schwülstig daherredend
 * Icelandic: gefinn fyrir long orð
 * Italian: