sesquipedalian orators. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
sesquipedalian technical terms. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"Clarence Thomas, please spell the word sesquipedalian and then use it in a form of a question.". From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Monitor] Reference
Professor Edgworth of All Souls, according to Robert Graves, tended towards this kind of sesquipedalian speech. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 4] Reference
That makes one more sesquipedalian on the internet. From Wordnik.com. [5 Lessons Tiger Woods Could’ve Learned from Watching Star Trek | Fandomania] Reference
PS sesquipedalian is my favourite autological word. From Wordnik.com. [Harriet Harman's Lesson in Shallowness] Reference
A sort-of portmanteau of sesquipedalian and pedantic. From Wordnik.com. [Today is International Make Up a Word Day « Whatever] Reference
Monachus as leucodermic, sesquipedalian with winedark hair. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
Simplicity wins over “sesquipedalian” every single time. From Wordnik.com. [Motivate with Try-Angles] Reference
William F. Buckley, Jr. specialized in sesquipedalian derision. From Wordnik.com. [Steven G. Kellman: The Snark Ascending] Reference
In addition, Stefan's online column is full of sesquipedalian gems. From Wordnik.com. [Logophilia Alert!] Reference
Thanks for the sesquipedalian endorsement of "meh" and the internet. From Wordnik.com. [John Hodgman on "meh" - Waxy.org] Reference
Oh, one cannot have too much of the good old sesquipedalian prolixity!. From Wordnik.com. ["It cannot be gainsaid..."] Reference
I found this pleasingly sesquipedalian list of 22 words that are fun to say. From Wordnik.com. [Words that make the mouth happy - 22 Words] Reference
I always thought I was more sesquipedalian than periphrastic, but maybe I'm both. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Philosophical Question] Reference
Or, perhaps it is a sign that I am sesquipedalian at best and pendantic at worst. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.] Reference
We can use short, plain words or sesquipedalian polysyllables; we may want to use both. From Wordnik.com. [Badge of competence] Reference
So I should return the sesquipedalian plastic, battery-operated gadget I picked up for you?. From Wordnik.com. [all I want for Christmas « raincoaster] Reference
But he also had one of the century's most perspicacious, peripatetic minds (and he loved sesquipedalian words). From Wordnik.com. [Remember Them Well] Reference
Time is wanted — or the hubbub, and flurry, and excitement created by ubiquitous sesquipedalian advertisement. From Wordnik.com. [An Autobiography] Reference
As a self-confessed sesquipedalian Word Freak not just a devotee of Scrabble™, but also Boggle™ and Text Twist™ too!. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Akeelah and the Bee] Reference
As for the science (and science fiction) concepts on the show, Mr. Prady says, "there are two kinds of sesquipedalian dialogue.". From Wordnik.com. [A Nerdy Comedy's Winning Formula] Reference
I repeat myself but one would think from Peggy's Locust Valley Lockjaw & sesquipedalian vocabulary that she is to the manor born. From Wordnik.com. [Did Sarah Palin really call Obama "Barack the Wealth Spender"?] Reference
Now nobody sees it, and those who do have had their anticipations lengthened leagues by every syllable of its sesquipedalian title. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
I prefer to characterize myself as a sesquipedalian, but I fear that such a characterization is a sham crafted by a hubristic pendant. From Wordnik.com. [Cheeseburger Gothic » Snip snip.] Reference
I am more than prepared, to play the sesquipedalian to your tedious scrawlings, even if it means I must try harder than I might prefer. From Wordnik.com. [a formidable host] Reference
Peter is an excellent servant; but the fashion of his speech, even when conveying the most trivial information, is slightly sesquipedalian. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
You'll need to look it up but I do so love sesquipedalian. From Wordnik.com. [TEAMtalk Football News] Reference
Cæsar's bridge rested on sesquipedalian beams of solid timber. From Wordnik.com. [The Awakening of China] Reference
Fact was, he had monologued it in his most sesquipedalian phraseology. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Anecdotes] Reference
For more on this sesquipedalian, yet hyperesthenic individual, see here. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Kopel RSS feed] Reference
“A Psychological Auto-Biography” would be too sesquipedalian a title; but. From Wordnik.com. [A Publisher and His Friends]
Caststeel on August 17, 2009 at 7: 31 PM dude. sesquipedalian on August 17, 2009 at. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
Freddy on April 28, 2010 at 5: 27 PM no sesquipedalian on April 28, 2010 at 5: 24 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Jihad Monitor] Reference
The hot wolf-goddess put me off my stride. sesquipedalian: I love reading your blogs. From Wordnik.com. [Anime Nano!] Reference
Powers speaks of the language as “hopelessly consonantal, harsh, and sesquipedalian,”. From Wordnik.com. [Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891] Reference
Keep on talking - you've almost convinced us! sesquipedalian on August 17, 2009 at 4: 42 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
There is one industry not laying people off. death spiral sesquipedalian on April 30, 2009 at. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
D'Artagnan recoiled, as though the sesquipedalian syllables had knocked the breath out of his body. From Wordnik.com. [The Man in the Iron Mask] Reference
Sounds like a typical liberal to me. rush is a coward. sesquipedalian on April 7, 2009 at 10: 37 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
The liberal media just lies about it. nbc/wsj poll shows Americans pouring love on the gop. sesquipedalian on August 12, 2010 at 9: 06 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Air » Top Picks] Reference
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