| 词汇 | sesquipedalian |
| 释义 | sesquipedalian adjective uk /ˌses.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.li.ən/ us /ˌses.kwə.pəˈdeɪl.jən/ (of a word) long: Stop using sesquipedalian words, please. The study is loaded with technical terminology and sesquipedalian neologisms. (of a person or their language) using too many long words: The assembly was led by the school's sesquipedalian head teacher. The professor tends towards sesquipedalian speech. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic turn of phrase undertone wax witter sesquipedalian noun[ C ] uk /ˌses.kwɪ.pɪˈdeɪ.li.ən/ us /ˌses.kwə.pəˈdeɪl.jən/ a long word or a sentence containing a lot of long words: The German language has a lot of sesquipedalians. someone who uses too many long words: He is a sesquipedalian, but has no intellectual depth. |
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