sesquipedalian英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A long word.

— “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods;
A person who uses long words.

— Word-watchers, verbivores, and sesquipedalians love a challenge.

形容词 adj.

Long; polysyllabic.

— The most common use of "antidisestablishmentarianism" is as an example of a sesquipedalian word.
Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.

— Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.

词形变化

sesquipedalians plural more sesquipedalian comparative most sesquipedalian superlative

词汇关系

反义词

monosyllabic brachysyllabic concise

衍生词

sesquipedalianism sesquipedalianist sesquipedalophobia

词源

词源 1

From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)).

词源 2

From sesquipedal + -ian (adjective- and noun-forming suffix), root from Latin sēsquipedālis (literally “a foot and a half long”), from Latin sēsqui (“one and a half times”) + Latin pedālis (“measuring a foot, foot (relational)”) (an adjective from pēs (“foot”)).