| sesquipedalian |
| Definition - That which has many syllables. |
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Example - ses - qui - ped - a - li - an |
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Etymology - The word entered English as the Latin phrase sesquipedalia verba, words a foot-and-a-half long, which came from Horace's Ars Poetica (from Latin sesqui, half as much again + pes, foot). |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1656: "Sesquipedalian words (verba sesquipedalia) used by Horace for great, stout, and lofty words; words that are very long, consisting of many Syllables." (Blount, Glossographia ) |
