sesquipedalism
English
editEtymology
editsesquipedal + -ism
Noun
editsesquipedalism (uncountable)
- (rare) Alternative form of sesquipedalianism
- 1901, George Jacob Holyoake, Public speaking and debate:
- all verbiage and sesquipedalism
References
edit- “sesquipedalism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.