sesquipedality

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian. countable,uncountable
    — Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.

词形变化

sesquipedalities plural

词源

Etymology tree
English sesquipedal
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English sesquipedality
From sesquipedal + -ity.
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