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- (raro) (ironico) enorme, gigantesco, di entità incommensurabile; iperbolico oppure spropositato, se riferito come accade spesso a un solecismo
sesquipedale
- unità di misura latina, la sesquipeda, un piede e mezzo
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IPA: /seskwipeˈdale/
dal latino sesquipedalis ossia "di un piede e mezzo", composto da sesqui- e pedalis, derivazione di pes ovvero "piede"