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SESQUIPEDALITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does sesquipedality mean?

• SESQUIPEDALITY (noun)
The noun SESQUIPEDALITY has 1 sense:

1. using long words

Familiarity information: SESQUIPEDALITY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SESQUIPEDALITY (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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