The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAutological wordsmedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square44linkfedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down16
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minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·1 month agoSesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means ‘having many syllables or using long, complex words.’
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agosess - kwih - peh - dale - ian
minus-squaremsfroh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoHuh… I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.
minus-squarevithigar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoBeen one of my favorite words for a long time.
minus-squaredysprosium@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month agoLast part is bit subjective though
Sesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means ‘having many syllables or using long, complex words.’
How would one pronounce that word?
sess - kwih - peh - dale - ian
Thanks.
Huh… I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.
Been one of my favorite words for a long time.
Last part is bit subjective though