sesquipedale

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin sesquipedālis.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /se.skwi.peˈda.le/
Rhymes: -ale
Hyphenation: se‧squi‧pe‧dà‧le

Adjective edit

sesquipedale (plural sesquipedali)

sesquipedal, sesquipedalian
enormous, immeasurable
Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, mastodontico, smisurato

Antonyms: insignificante, irrilevante, lieve, trascurabile

Latin edit

Adjective edit

sēsquipedāle

nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sēsquipedālis

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=sesquipedale&oldid=73892873"