sesquipedaladj.n.

/səsˈkwɪpɪdəl)/

/ˈsɛskwɪpɛdəl/

Etymology: < Latin sesquipedālis, < sesqui- comb. form + ped- , pēs foot: compare pedal n.¹

A. adj.

= sesquipedalian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > half a yard long

sesquipedal1611

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > using words of many syllables > of words: having many syllables

sesquipedal1611

foot-and-half-foot1616

sesquipedalian1656

tripod1798

crink-crank1865

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number > containing two or more syllables

polysyllable1589

sesquipedal1611

polysyllabical1656

sesquipedalian1656

polysyllabic1817

hyperdisyllable1843

multisyllabic1909

plurisyllabic1921

multisyllable1950

1611 R. Badley in T. Coryate Crudities sig. K2^v The sesquipedall belly of thy Tome.

1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. iv. ii. vi. 557 Fustian, big, susquepedal words.

1802 S. Smith Wks. (1869) 4 Dr. Parr seems to think that eloquence consists..in a studious arrangement of sonorous, exotic, and sesquipedal words.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 917 Admirable dissertations on old chamber-pots are poured into ears sesquipedal.

1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians ix Some lovely sesquipedal adverb.

B. n.

A thing a foot and a half in length: cf. sesquipedalian n. 1. (In quot. 1713 used jocularly.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length of foot > thing measuring a foot and a half

sesquipedal1713

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 15 July 2/1 I am but a Sesquipedal, having only six Foot and a half of Stature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	sesquipedal
释义	sesquipedaladj.n. /səsˈkwɪpɪdəl)//ˈsɛskwɪpɛdəl/ Etymology: < Latin sesquipedālis, < sesqui- comb. form + ped- , pēs foot: compare pedal n.¹ A. adj. = sesquipedalian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [adjective] > half a yard long sesquipedal1611 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > using words of many syllables > of words: having many syllables sesquipedal1611 foot-and-half-foot1616 sesquipedalian1656 tripod1798 crink-crank1865 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > [adjective] > syllable > consisting of > consisting of specific number > containing two or more syllables polysyllable1589 sesquipedal1611 polysyllabical1656 sesquipedalian1656 polysyllabic1817 hyperdisyllable1843 multisyllabic1909 plurisyllabic1921 multisyllable1950 1611 R. Badley in T. Coryate Crudities sig. K2^v The sesquipedall belly of thy Tome. 1624 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 2) iii. iv. ii. vi. 557 Fustian, big, susquepedal words. 1802 S. Smith Wks. (1869) 4 Dr. Parr seems to think that eloquence consists..in a studious arrangement of sonorous, exotic, and sesquipedal words. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 917 Admirable dissertations on old chamber-pots are poured into ears sesquipedal. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians ix Some lovely sesquipedal adverb. B. n. A thing a foot and a half in length: cf. sesquipedalian n. 1. (In quot. 1713 used jocularly.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > length of foot > thing measuring a foot and a half sesquipedal1713 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 15 July 2/1 I am but a Sesquipedal, having only six Foot and a half of Stature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.n.1611
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