- Sesquipedalism
- Sesquipedalianism Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip"e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster]
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Sesquipedalism
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sesquipedalism — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sesquipedalism — ses·quip·e·dal·ism … English syllables
sesquipedalism — noun see sesquipedalianism … Useful english dictionary
Sesquipedalianism — Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sesquipedality — Ses qui*pe*dal i*ty, n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fobia — Para otros usos de este término, véase Fobia (desambiguación). Una fobia (palabra derivada de Fobos (en griego antiguo Φόϐος, ‘pánico’, que era la personificación del miedo en la mitología griega, hijo de Ares y Afrodita) es un trastorno de salud … Wikipedia Español
sesquipedalian — sesquipedality /ses kwi pi dal i tee/, sesquipedalianism, sesquipedalism /ses kwip i dl iz euhm, kwi peed l iz euhm/, n. /ses kwi pi day lee euhn, dayl yeuhn/, adj. Also, sesquipedal /ses kwip i dl/. 1. given to using long words. 2. (of a word)… … Universalium
bombast — I noun affectation, boastfulness, boasting, braggery, chatter, declamation, diatribe, embellishment, empty talk, enlargement, euphemism, exaggeration, expansion, flatulence, floridness, fustian, garnishing, grandiloquence, grandiosity, harangue,… … Law dictionary
verbosity — n 1. wordiness, verbality, verbalism, verbiage, prolixity, prolixness, loquacity, loquaciousness, long windedness, longiloquence, multiloquence; overtalkativeness, talkativeness, glibness, loose tongue, Inf. gabbiness, Inf. gift of gab, Inf.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
