Bible Dictionaries
Sesquipedalian

Webster's Dictionary

(a.) Measuring or containing a foot and a half; as, a sesquipedalian pygmy; - sometimes humorously applied to long words.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sesquipedalian'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sesquipedalian.html. 1828.