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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'sesquipedality' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions sesquipedality noun (sesquipedalities) An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian. 1760: Imagine to yourself a little, squat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a of belly, which might have done honour to a Serjeant in the Horse-Guards. " Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 93) Etymology: From sesquipedalian.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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