"Sesquipedalianist" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples
"Sesquipedalianist" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
Sesquipedalianist
"Sesquipedalianist" Meaning
A person given to or characterized by the use of long words.
"Sesquipedalianist" Examples
Definition
A person given to using long words.Example Sentences:
The lawyer's client sighed when he began to explain that he was a sesquipedalianist and needed to use the most precise vocabulary possible in his apologies.
She's always calling people sesquipedalianists to mock their love of ostentatious language.
The professor was accused of being a linguistic sesquipedalianist, as he rarely used words that fewer than seven letters in a sentence.
Ted deemed Catherine a sesquipedalianist upon learning she was going on a career in linguistics research because speaking commonly will eventually get you into coaching or documentation unlike deep cognitive performance.
Her love of grand words and written sentences left others to suggest blunt meant she is a sesquipedalianist.
"Sesquipedalianist" Similar Words
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I couldn't find any word with the name 'sesquioxidizing' in the dictionary. However, the prefix "sesquioxid-" can be broken down into its parts:<br><br>"sesqui-" is a prefix that comes from the Latin word "sesquuiaris" which means "one and a half."<br><br>"oxide-" is also from Latin "oxid-em" which refers to oxygen.<br><br>The word might be a play on the word "half-oxide" or a made-up word, but it's not a valid word that I could find in any English dictionary.
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