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sesquipedalianisms

sesquipedalianisms is the plural of sesquipedalianism.

Meaning of sesquipedalianism

Noun

sesquipedalianism (countable and uncountable, plural sesquipedalianisms)

  1. (uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing.
    • His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...)1995, Michael Cart, From Romance to Realism, →ISBN, page 257
  2. (countable) A very long word.

Questions about sesquipedalianisms

What is sesquipedalianisms the plural of?
Sesquipedalianisms is the plural of sesquipedalianism.

Words near sesquipedalianisms in the dictionary

  1. sesquioxyd
  2. sesquioxyds
  3. sesquipedal
  4. sesquipedalian
  5. sesquipedalianism
  6. sesquipedalianisms
  7. sesquipedalianist
  8. sesquipedalianists
  9. sesquipedalians
  10. sesquipedalism
  11. sesquipedalities

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