hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to extremely long words.
    — To indulge in hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian tergiversation is not to show your erudition: rather, it is to be superficial.

词形变化

more hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian comparative most hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian superlative

词源

An extension of sesquipedalian using a modified form of hippopotamus and Latin monstrum, with the extensions almost certainly chosen with the intention of making the new construct autological.
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