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sesquipedalia

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Noun1.sesquipedalia - a very long word (a foot and a half long)
sesquipedalian
polysyllabic word, polysyllable - a word of more than three syllables
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While this is very much a case of Horace's sesquipedalia verba (words a foot and a half long), as far as the creative use of English goes these days, it seems loquacity is not the problem; rather, it is the use of sloppy construction, euphemism, and loathsome phrasing that one would cross the road to avoid if they were people.
Let's ban these words (and why) by Page, James Lynn / Verbatim
 
 
 
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