Monday, December 12, 2011

Big Word: Sesquipedalianism

Sesquipedalianism is the act of using long words, usually with many syllables. Someone that is a sesquipedalian is one who uses such big words. Oddly enough, this word comes from the Latin word sēsquipedālis which means "of a foot and a half".

Bet you didn't know that!

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