sesquipedalianism

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /sɛz.kwɪ.pəˈdɛl.i.ən.ɪsm̩/    美 /ˌsɛskwəpəˈdeɪli.ənɪzm̩/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing. uncountable
    — His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...)
  2. A very long word. countable

词形变化

sesquipedalianisms plural

词汇关系

相关词
sesqui- sesquipedal sesquipedian sesquipedalian

词源

Surface form analyzed as sesquipedalian + -ism, from sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedalian (“of the foot”).
From Latin sēsquipedālis (“a foot and a half long; in metaphorical use, “of an unnatural length, huge, big””), from sēsqui (“one and a half times as great”) + pedālis (“foot”).
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