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

• deep-pink
• deep-rooted
• deep-sea
• deep-sea diver
• deep-seated
• deep-set
• deep-six
• deep-water
• deep-yellow
• Deepavali
• deepen
• deepening
• deeply
• deepness
• deepwater pipefish
• deepwater squirrelfish
• deer
• deer fern
• deer fly fever
• deer grass
• deer hunt
• deer hunter
• deer hunting
• deer mouse
• deer mushroom