Category:Sesquipedal

Ses*quip"e*dal, ses`qui*pe*da"li*an, a. Etym: [sesqui- + pedal: cf. F. sesquipédal, l. sesquipedalis.]

Defn: measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian Pygmy; -- sometimes humorously applied to long words.