Thursday, August 30, 2007

Word of the Day: Sesquipedalian

Sesquipedalian
1. A person or thing a foot and a half high or long.
2.a. Of a word - polysyllabic
b. Characterised by long words; tending to be lengthy or ponderous in speech


(thank you The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 4th Ed, Vol 2, pg 2791)

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