Learned it in college and forgot it. Just one of those random thoughts that pop up. I am grateful for any help with it.
2006-09-28 08:46:16 · 11 answers · asked by juggernaut 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's an adjective, and not a noun, but perhaps you mean -
sesquipedalian : given to or characterized by the use of long words
2006-09-28 08:49:32 · answer #1 · answered by DidacticRogue 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Words Meaning Large
2016-11-01 01:12:59 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having just read through some of the lame entries on here, such as the A* GCSE student who doesn't know the difference between "TO" and "TOO", I am seriously worried about the state of the UK's education system. Each year when the exam results come out - supposedly improving every year - there is always an outcry that subjects must be getting easier rather than kids getting cleverer. I was always inclined to disagree with that, but judging by the poor grasp of even the most basic English that most kids have nowadays, I don't know any more. Have a free lesson on me!
2016-03-18 02:25:10 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dawson's Creek
2006-09-28 10:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by Keighty 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
just to explain
the word is "sesquipedalianism"
or "sesquipedalianistic"
the explanation:
sesqui means "one and a half"
pedes means "feet"
think of poetic, metrical feet
like iambs, dactyls, trochees, spondees...etc
so...words that are one and a half feet long are LONG words -metrically- and then, by association, long -polysyllabic words
2006-09-28 10:21:59 · answer #5 · answered by Gemelli2 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A Bombast.
2006-09-28 08:49:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Verbose?
2006-09-28 08:47:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
SESQUIPEDALIAN is a person who uses large words.
2006-09-28 08:53:21 · answer #8 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
According to an article on the Merriam-Webster website, there is no such term.
2006-09-28 08:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by butta1898 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
This isn't what you are looking for but: aristocrat
2006-09-28 08:48:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋