sesquipedalian
sesquipedalians 是 sesquipedalian 的复数形式，页面展示原形释义。
英 ['seskwɪpɪ'deɪlɪən]
美
[ˌseskwɪpə'deɪlɪrn]
- n. 冗长的单字
- adj. 令人厌倦的；多音节的
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词族 · sesquipedalian
词形变化
英语词源
- sesquipedalian
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sesquipedalian: [17] Sesquipedalian means etymologically ‘a foot and a half long’. Its use in English was inspired by the Roman poet Horace’s phrase sesquipedalia verba, literally ‘words a foot and a half long’, hence ‘preposterously long words that sound pompous’ – of which sesquipedalian itself is an appropriately good example. It is a compound word formed from the Latin prefix sesqui- ‘half as much again’ (a derivative of sēmi- ‘half’) and pēs ‘foot’.
=> foot, pedal - sesquipedalian (n.)
- 1610s, "person or thing a foot and a half long," from Latin sesquipedalia "a foot-and-a-half long," from sesqui- "half as much again" (see sesqui-) + stem of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). As an adjective 1650s. Meaning "sesquipedalian word" (1830) is from Latin sesquipedalia verba "words a foot-and-a-half long," in Horace's "Ars Poetica" (97), nicely illustrating the thing he is criticizing.
权威例句
- 1. In this latter situation and would never expect their designers gifted in sesquipedalian locution.
- 有些情况下,设计师从来不需要考虑自己写一个字.