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What is the difference between sesquipedian and sesquipedalianism?

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Sesquipedian is a related term of sesquipedalianism.

sesquipedian

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Sesquipedian has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'sesquipedian':

sexhibition

sesquipedalianism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1995, author=Michael Cart, title=From Romance to Realism, isbn=0060242892, page=257
  • , passage=His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...)}}
  • (countable) A very long word.
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