sesquipedal

sesquipedal
ses·quip·e·dal (sĕ-skwĭpʹĭ-dl) adj.
Sesquipedalian.
  [Latin sēsquipedālis, of a foot and a half in length : sēsqui-, sesqui- + pēs, ped-, foot; See ped-.

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