- long). The
earliest recorded usage in
English of
sesquipedalian is in 1656, and of
sesquipedalianism, 1863.
Garrulous comes from
Latin garrulus, "talkative"...
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language Auxiliary verb
Compound (linguistics)
Inflection Periphrasis Sesquipedalianism Taboo (game)
Verbosity "Speak of the devil, and he will appear" is...
- pla**** by
Ernest the "Dude" on his fiddle.
Longest word in
English Sesquipedalianism Fortuosity,
another Sherman Brothers nonsense word song from The Happiest...
- effective, perhaps, on the whole, as an aid to obfuscation, as the
sesquipedalianism fostered by this book,
always ****uming, if you will
forgive a somewhat...
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create a
poetic effect). Satire:
humoristic criticism of society.
Sesquipedalianism: use of long and
obscure words. Simile:
comparison between two things...
- 2008, p. A16; Martin, Douglas, "William F.
Buckley Jr., 82, Dies;
Sesquipedalian Spark of Right", obituary, The New York Times,
February 28, 2008, which...
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Longest word in
Turkish Number of
words in
English Scriptio continua Sesquipedalianism Donaudampfschiffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauun...
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generally applies to adjectives, for
example sesquipedalian (i.e. "
sesquipedalian" is a
sesquipedalian word), but can also
apply to
other parts of speech...
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voraciously and
whenever they see a word,
whether it's a
preposition or a
sesquipedalian monster, they are to... if it
interests them and if
where they read...
