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sesquipedal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sesquipedal
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Measuring or containing a foot and a half.

noun

A long word.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sesquipedalis; equivalent to sesqui- (“one and a half”) + pedal (“foot, of the foot”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sesquipedals (plural)

Derived Forms

sesquipedalian sesquipedalism sesquipedality

Synonyms

sesquipedalian

Questions

What does sesquipedal mean?
Measuring or containing a foot and a half.
Where does sesquipedal come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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