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/sɛz.kwɪ.pəˈdɛl.i.ən.ɪsm̩/ · noun
(uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing..
His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...)
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Sesquipedalianism means (uncountable) The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing..
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His voice here is a marvelous juxtaposition of cool elegance, unaffected hipness, unabashed sesquipedalianism ("the rich bouquet of exuded sebaceousness") and swell conversational slang (...)
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