Sesquipedalian

[,seskwipi'deiliәn]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a very long word (a foot and a half long).

(adj.) given to the overuse of long words; 'sesquipedalian orators'; 'this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money' .

手打:路德维格--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.

整理:奥蒂斯

解釋/意思:

adj. containing a foot and a half: often humorously said of a very long word—also Ses′quipedal.—ns. Sesquipedā′lianism Sesquipedal′ity.

編輯:内尔达