sesquipedalianism

Meanings

• noun

  The love or use of long words.

• noun

  A word of more than twenty syllables, as used for effect or for display of erudition.

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Variants

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sesquipedalian

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Etymology

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From sesqui- 'one and a half' + pedalian 'of the foot' + -ism. Sesquipedalian words have more than twenty syllables.

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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 syllables.

2. Sesquipedalian words are often used for comic effect, as in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, where the characters use long, made-up words to impress each other.

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Related Concepts

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1. Polysyllabic words: Words with many syllables, including sesquipedalian words.

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Culture

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Sesquipedalianism is often used to display erudition or to add emphasis or effect to a sentence. It has been used in literature, such as in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, and in poetry, such as in Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'The Wreck of the Deutschland'.

How to Memorize "sesquipedalianism"

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3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic device, such as an acronym or a rhyme, to help remember the word and its meaning.

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