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sesquipedalian

English

  1. 🔊 given to the overuse of long words
    “sesquipedalian orators”
  2. 🔊 (of words) long and ponderous
    “sesquipedalian technical terms”
  3. 🔊 a very long word (a foot and a half long)

Spanish

  1. 🔊 sesquipedal sesquipedalian

Similar words

sesquipedalia polysyllabic latinate a mile long awkward bombastic cramped cumbrous elephantine extensive far-flung far-reaching fargoing forced formal grandiloquence guinde halting hard word heavy inkhorn interminable jawbreaker jawbreaking