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noun # The practice of using long, sometimes obscure, words in speech or writing. # A word that is a foot-and-a-half long; a very long word.

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Word for people who use big words?

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How do you use sesquipedalian in a sentence?

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What do you call a person that uses big words to make themselves seem smarter than you?

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