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sesquipedality

/ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdæləti/

sesquipedality noun: an instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.

Noun

sesquipedality (countable and uncountable, plural sesquipedalities)

  1. An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.
    • Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume II, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC...

Forms of sesquipedality

pluralsesquipedalities

Origin of sesquipedality

From sesquipedal + -ity.

Questions about sesquipedality

What does sesquipedality mean?
Sesquipedality means an instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.
What part of speech is sesquipedality?
Sesquipedality is a noun.
How do you pronounce sesquipedality?
Sesquipedality is pronounced /ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdæləti/.
What is the plural of sesquipedality?
The plural of sesquipedality is sesquipedalities.

Words near sesquipedality in the dictionary

  1. sesquipedalianist
  2. sesquipedalianists
  3. sesquipedalians
  4. sesquipedalism
  5. sesquipedalities
  6. sesquipedality
  7. sesquipedalophobia
  8. sesquipedals
  9. sesquiplane
  10. sesquiplanes
  11. sesquiple

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