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Significados de sesquipedalia em inglês

A very long word (a foot and a half long)

        Sinônimos
        Examples for "sesquipedalian"
        Examples for "sesquipedalian"
        1
        Fact was, he had monologued it in his most sesquipedalian phraseology.
        Memories and Anecdotes
        2
        Their explanations might have been completely legitimate, or they might have been sesquipedalian bushwa.
        Earth Unaware
        3
        Time is wanted,-orthe hubbub, and flurry, and excitement created by ubiquitous sesquipedalian advertisement.
        An Autobiography of Anthony Trollope
        4
        Cæsar's bridge rested on sesquipedalian beams of solid timber.
        The Awakening of China
        5
        The story of any incident, to be realistic, will admit neither of sesquipedalian grandeur nor of grotesque images.
        Thackeray