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Значения термина sesquipedalia на английском

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

Синонимы
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