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On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:25:02PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, "a foot and a half long,
> hence inordinately long," from sesqui, "one half more, half as much
> again" + pes, ped-, "a foot."
From the OED, sesquipedalian (n & v):
"Of words and expressions (after Horace's sesquipedalia verba 'words a
foot and a half long', A.P. 97)"
Hugo.
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