sesquipedalian

Meanings

• adjective

  A word of excessive length, having more than the usual number of syllables.

  - "The sesquipedalian name of the new chemical compound was difficult to pronounce."
  - "The sesquipedalian words in Shakespeare's plays often challenged the actors' abilities."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən/
   
   
   
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2. /ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

brachysyllabic , monosyllabic

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Synonyms

polysyllabic

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Variants

List of all variants of sesquipedalian that leads to same result
sesquipedalian

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Etymology

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From Latin sesqui- 'one and a half' + pedalian 'related to feet'. Originally used to describe long words because they took longer to say.

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Trivia

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1. The longest word in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which has 45 letters.

2. The term sesquipedalian comes from Latin, meaning 'one and a half feet'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Polysyllabic words: Words with many syllables, such as sesquipedalian, are also known as polysyllabic words.

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Culture

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Sesquipedalian words have long been a source of fascination and amusement in literature and language studies. Some famous examples include pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, which is a 45-letter word meaning a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica particles.

How to Memorize "sesquipedalian"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a long word as a series of smaller words.
   - Break the word sesquipedalian into ses-qui-pedal-ian and visualize each syllable.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with something long, such as a long piece of rope or a long word in a book.
   - Create a mental image of a long word to help remember the meaning and pronunciation of sesquipedalian.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic device by associating the word with a memorable phrase or image.
   - Use the acronym SESQUIPEDALIAN to remember the definition: 'A word of excessive length, having more than the usual number of syllables'.

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