1. Given to the overuse of long words
   "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" 
2. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
   "sesquipedalian technical terms"
   - polysyllabic

1. A very long word (a foot and a half long)
   - sesquipedalia

Derived forms: sesquipedalians

See also: long, pretentious, sesquipedality

Type of: polysyllabic word, polysyllable

• false gromwell
• false hair
• false heather
• false hellebore
• false imprisonment
• false indigo
• false labor
• false labour
• false leg
• false lily of the valley
• false lupine
• false mallow
• false mildew
• false mistletoe
• false miterwort
• false mitrewort
• false morel
• false name
• false nettle
• false oat
• false pimpernel
• false pregnancy
• false pretence
• false pretense
• false ragweed