sesquipedal


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ses·quip·e·dal

(sĕ-skwĭp′ĭ-dl)
adj.
Sesquipedalian.
[Latin sēsquipedālis, of a foot and a half in length : sēsqui-, sesqui- + pēs, ped-, foot; see ped- in Indo-European roots.]
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