Sesquipedal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sesquipedal \Ses*quip"e*dal\, Sesquipedalian
  \Ses`qui*pe*da"li*an\, a. [Sesqui- + pedal: cf. F.
     sesquip['e]dal, L. sesquipedalis.]
     Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a
     sesquipedalian pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long
     words.


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     [1913 Webster] Sesquipedalianism