polysyllabicismn.
/ˌpɒlɪsᵻˈlabᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑlisəˈlæbəˌsɪz(ə)m/, /ˈˌpɑləsəˈlæbəˌsɪz(ə)m/ rare.
Polysyllabic or abstruse style.
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polysyllabicism1807
sesquipedalianism1863
sesquipedalism1873
big-wordiness1874
1807 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 5 274 Having the polysyllabicism without the precision of Johnson.
1947 Times 1 Sept. 5/4 Sir Alan Herbert, that sworn enemy of jungle English and polysyllabicism.
1973 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 10 665 If polysyllabicism is considered more ‘scientific’, should we not seize the opportunity to call the study of micro-organisms ‘micro-organicology’?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1807- to give a thing the go-by
- to give a thing the goby
- to give a thought
- to give a thought voice
- to give a tinkle
- to give a topper
- to give a tumble
- to give a twopenny damn
- to give a twopenny hang
- to give a vessel a foul berth
- to give a vessel a rap full
- to give a visage
- to give a volley
- to give a weight to
- to give a wire
- to give a woman a green gown
- to give a woman in warison
- to give a yell
- to give about
- to give account of
- to give again
- to give against
- to give againward
- to give aim
- to give air