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sesquipedalophobia en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English sesquipedalian Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English sesquipedalophobia From sesquipedalian + -phobia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Fear of long words.
   • But sesquipedalophobia ('hatred or fear of big words,' aptly enough) has prevailed, even among men of learning. 1983, Verbatim, volume 10, page 25:
   • Ayesha was like a walking dictionary of phobias. She believed that I had sesquipedalophobia – the fear of long words. 2008, Abhijit Bhaduri, Married But Available, HarperCollins (2012), →ISBN:
   • That hasn't helped my sesquipedalophobia one bit... 2002 March 6, derm, “Re: Are You Somebody? by O'Faolaint”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet):

Relateds

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