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noun

• a large round hard candy

• a word that is hard to pronounce

43%13 Overuse of sesquipedalian words
noun

• a very long word (a foot and a half long)

43%14 Inclination to employ sesquipedalian language
noun

• using long words

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New York Times27 Oct 1976 Down 3
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