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sesquipedal

sesquipedal adjective: measuring or containing a foot and a half.

Adjective

sesquipedal (not comparable)

  1. Measuring or containing a foot and a half.

Noun

sesquipedal (plural sesquipedals)

  1. A long word.
    Synonyms:
    sesquipedalian

sesquipedal meaning in Bengali

sesquipedal in Bengali

দেড় ফুট পরিমাপক, ধারণকারী, একটি দীর্ঘ শব্দ

Synonyms of sesquipedal

Forms of sesquipedal

pluralsesquipedals

Origin of sesquipedal

Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”).

Words formed from sesquipedal

Questions about sesquipedal

What does sesquipedal mean?
Sesquipedal means measuring or containing a foot and a half.
What is sesquipedal in Bengali?
Sesquipedal in Bengali is দেড় ফুট পরিমাপক, ধারণকারী, একটি দীর্ঘ শব্দ. See Sesquipedal meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is sesquipedal?
Sesquipedal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near sesquipedal in the dictionary

  1. sesquioxidized
  2. sesquioxidizes
  3. sesquioxidizing
  4. sesquioxyd
  5. sesquioxyds
  6. sesquipedal
  7. sesquipedalian
  8. sesquipedalianism
  9. sesquipedalianisms
  10. sesquipedalianist
  11. sesquipedalianists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sesquipedal (page history and authors); sesquipedal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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