sesquipedalophobia
sesquipedalophobia noun: fear of long words.
Noun
sesquipedalophobia (uncountable)
- Fear of long words.
- But sesquipedalophobia ('hatred or fear of big words,' aptly enough) has prevailed, even among men of learning.1983, Verbatim, volume 10, page 25
- That hasn't helped my sesquipedalophobia one bit...2002 March 6, derm, “Re: Are You Somebody? by O'Faolaint”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet)
sesquipedalophobia meaning in Tamil and Bengali
sesquipedalophobia in Tamil
- நெடுஞ்சொல் வெருளி
sesquipedalophobia in Bengali
- দীর্ঘ শব্দের ভয়
Origin of sesquipedalophobia
From sesquipedalian + -phobia.
Questions about sesquipedalophobia
- What does sesquipedalophobia mean?
- Sesquipedalophobia means fear of long words.
- What is sesquipedalophobia in Tamil?
- Sesquipedalophobia in Tamil is நெடுஞ்சொல் வெருளி. See Sesquipedalophobia meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sesquipedalophobia?
- Sesquipedalophobia is a noun.
Words near sesquipedalophobia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sesquipedalophobia (page history and authors); sesquipedalophobia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sesquipedalophobia (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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