Words / C2

seskw-ip-i-DAYL-ee-uh-n/ˌseskwɪpɪˈdeɪliən/

Sesquipedalian means given to using very long words; (of a word) very long (formal / humorous): sesquipedalian prose, a sesquipedalian minute. Long (already in the dictionary) is everyday not short; verbose (already in the dictionary) is using more words than needed, and grandiloquent, bombastic, and turgid (already in the dictionary) are pompously high-flown, inflated, and overwritten. This batch: prolix is tediously lengthy — the close twin of too many words, not only of long ones; lucubration is laborious night study. Praise of “methods” still has to show the cell.

Meaning

Given to using very long words; (of a word) very long (formal / humorous).

Examples

• “Sesquipedalian praise of “methods” still has to show the n.”
• “Long is not short (already in A1). Verbose is wordy (already in C2). Grandiloquent is pompously high-flown (already in C2). Bombastic is inflated language (already in C2). Turgid is pompously overwritten (already in C2). Prolix is tediously wordy (this batch). Lucubration is laborious night study (this batch). A short true sentence can still be presentable. Long words that never state the n are branding. Write the number; then the organ.”

Good to know

Using very long words. Everyday: long (already in this dictionary). Close: verbose (already in C2); grandiloquent / bombastic / turgid (already in C2). This batch: prolix; lucubration. Long words ≠ an n.

Near in meaning

long-winded, polysyllabic, grandiloquent, verbose

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