, 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 sesquipedality 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)
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Sesquipedality — Ses qui*pe*dal i*ty, n. 1. The quality or condition of being sesquipedal. Sterne. [1913 Webster] 2. The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sesquipedality — index bombast Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sesquipedality — noun using long words • Derivationally related forms: ↑sesquipedalian • Hypernyms: ↑expressive style, ↑style * * * ˌse(ˌ)skwipə̇ˈdaləd.ē noun ( es) Etymology: sesquipedal + ity … Useful english dictionary
sesquipedality — ses·qui·pe·dal·i·ty … English syllables
sesquipedalian — sesquipedality /ses kwi pi dal i tee/, sesquipedalianism, sesquipedalism /ses kwip i dl iz euhm, kwi peed l iz euhm/, n. /ses kwi pi day lee euhn, dayl yeuhn/, adj. Also, sesquipedal /ses kwip i dl/. 1. given to using long words. 2. (of a word)… … Universalium
Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj … English dictionary for students
sesquipedalian — I noun a very long word (a foot and a half long) • Syn: ↑sesquipedalia • Hypernyms: ↑polysyllable, ↑polysyllabic word II adjective 1. given to the overuse of long words … Useful english dictionary
Sesquipedalianism — Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sesquipedalism — Sesquipedalianism Ses qui*pe*da li*an*ism, Sesquipedalism Ses*quip e*dal*ism, n. Sesquipedality. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Doctor Slop — Dr Slop is a choleric physician and man midwife in Laurence Sterne s novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759). The doctor is summoned by Tristram Shandy s father to attend his son s imminent birth. Slop makes his first… … Wikipedia
