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English
Etymology
From sesquipedal + -ity.
Pronunciation
Noun
sesquipedality (countable and uncountable, plural sesquipedalities)
- An instance or condition of being sesquipedalian.
1759, , chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume II, London: R and J Dodsley , published 1760, →OCLC, pages 58–59:Imagine to yourſelf a little, ſquat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor Slop, of about four feet and a half perpendicular height, with a breadth of back, and a ſeſquipedality of belly, which might have done honour to a ſerjeant in the horſe-guards.