Cowpeas (Vigna sinensis, V. unguiculata, V. sesquipedalia). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
· Vigna sesquipedalia: the asparagus or yardlong bean widely grown in Asia mainly for its immature pods. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
That he approveth of the sesquipedalia verba is plain; for, had not. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12] Reference
Alas! how poor a sound to Skiddaw, and Helvellyn, and Borrodaile, and the magnificent sesquipedalia of the year 1802. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb] Reference
We cannot explain the peculiarly dignified, impressive, sonorous nature of Semitic sound and parlance; its sesquipedalia verba with their crowd of affixes and prefixes, each of them affirming its own position, whilst consciously bearing upon and influencing the central root -- which they envelope like a garment of many folds, or as chosen courtiers move around the anointed person of the king. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Faith of Islam] Reference
“A most admirable version, Doctor,” said Charles; “I feel all its force, and particularly the beautiful rendering of sesquipedalia verba into seven-leagued boots — words I mean — it reminds me, like half the things I meet with in this world, of the. From Wordnik.com. [Woodstock] Reference
Projicit ampullas ac sesquipedalia verba. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
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