Usually means: Excessively long and complex word.
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  1. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian: Wiktionary
  2. hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian: Grandiloquent Dictionary

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  1. Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to extremely long words.

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sesquipedalian, hippopotamic, hyperlexic, polyglossic, pleonasmic, logorrhœic, logophilic, logorrhoeic, megalopic, lexicophonological, more...

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sesquipedalian, hippopotamic, hyperlexic, polyglossic, pleonasmic, logorrhœic, logophilic, logorrhoeic, megalopic, lexicophonological, more...



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