15 January 2014

sesquipedalian

[ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn]
adjective Also, ses·quip·e·dal [ses-kwip-i-dl]

1. given to using long words.
2. (of a word) containing many syllables.

noun

3. a sesquipedalian word.
Origin:
1605–15; < Latin sēsquipedālis measuring a foot and a half (see sesqui-, pedal) + -an

Related forms
ses·qui·pe·dal·i·ty [ses-kwi-pi-dal-i-tee] Show IPA , ses·qui·pe·da·li·an·ism, ses·quip·e·dal·ism [ses-kwip-i-dl-iz-uhm, ‐kwi-peed-l-iz-uhm] Show IPA , noun
un·ses·qui·pe·da·li·an, adjective

Anagram

nasalised equip
sequin palisade
passed aquiline
equalised Spain
salad sequin pie
equine salsa dip

Today’s aphorism

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.

– Martin Luther King Jr.

On this day

15 January 1929 – birthday of Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist and clergyman. Died 4 April 1968.