What does sesquipedality mean?
Sesquipedality means An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian..
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/ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdæləti/ · noun
An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian..
Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.
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Sesquipedality means An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian..
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Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.
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