Thursday, March 19, 2009
Dictionary Corner #38
Sesquipedalian – adjective (formal)
(of a word) having many syllables; long.
full of long words; long-winded.
- ORIGIN from Latin sequipedalis ‘a foot and a half long’
(of a word) having many syllables; long.
full of long words; long-winded.
- ORIGIN from Latin sequipedalis ‘a foot and a half long’