sesquipedalis.
A foot and a half, half a yard
Meaning & usage
A foot and a half, half a yard
A foot and a half long, half a yard long
Excessively long (of speeches)
Where this word comes from
From sēsquipes (“1½ feet”) + -ālis (“-al: forming adjectives”), from sēsqui- (“a half and a”) + pes (“foot, Roman foot”). Equivalent to sēsqui- + pedālis (“footlong”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.