1. Given to the overuse of long words
   "sesquipedalian orators"; "this sesquipedalian way of saying one has no money" 
2. (of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables
   "sesquipedalian technical terms"
   - polysyllabic

1. A very long word (a foot and a half long)
   - sesquipedalia

Derived forms: sesquipedalians

See also: long, pretentious, sesquipedality

Type of: polysyllabic word, polysyllable

• flexibility
• flexible
• flexible joint
• flexible sigmoidoscope
• flexible sigmoidoscopy
• flexibleness
• flexibly
• flexile
• flexion
• flexitime
• flexor
• flexor muscle
• flextime
• flexuous
• flexure
• flibbertigibbet
• flick
• flick-knife
• flicker
• flickering
• flickertail
• flier
• flies
• flight
• flight attendant