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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Help with a word?! #70 03/15/2000 1:46 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 2 Illinois, USA scoutmd stranger scoutmd stranger Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 2 Illinois, USA How about sesquipedalian? It can be a noun or an adjective, and can mean a long word (OED Definition 1a), or a person given to using long words (OED Definition 1b). Incidentally, it is from Horace, _Verba Sesquipedalia_, which literally means words a foot and a half long. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Help with a word?! jmbodman 03/15/2000 12:19 AM Re: Help with a word?! scoutmd 03/15/2000 1:46 AM Re: Help with a word?! Dr. Death 03/15/2000 3:09 AM Re: Help with a word?! autopoesis 03/15/2000 9:51 AM Re: Help with a word?! RonDavis 03/15/2000 11:18 PM Re: Help with a word?! whalemeat 03/16/2000 5:45 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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