HyperDic: sesquipedality

English > 1 sense of the word sesquipedality:
NOUNcommunicationsesquipedalityusing long / long words
English > sesquipedality: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningUsing long / long words.
Broaderexpressive style, styleA way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period
Adjectivessesquipedalian(of words) long / long and ponderous
sesquipedaliangiven to the overuse of long / long words

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