Sesquipedalian example sentences

ses·qui·pe·da·li·an

adjective formal

sesquipedalian (adjective)

  - (of a word) polysyllabic; long:

  - characterized by long words; long-winded:

Synonyms

bombastic, pompous, overblown, overripe, inflated, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund, stodgy, ponderous, labored, strained, stilted, highfalutin, purple, windy, tumid, euphuistic, fustian, Ossianic, simple, plain, lengthy, long, overlong, prolonged, protracted, interminable, tedious, wearisome, boring, discursive, diffuse, rambling, meandering, repetitious, tautological, periphrastic, circumlocutory, tortuous, verbose, wordy, prolix, windy, pleonastic, concise, succinct, laconic

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