| Front | sesquipedalian |
|---|---|
| Back | (ses-kwi-pih-DAL-yin), adjective A writer or speaker who prefers big, complex words and arcane jargon to plain, simple English, or a piece of writing containing such prose. “Recently a strange whimsy has started to creep in among the SESQUIPEDALIAN prose of scientific journals.” – Stephen Hall, American architect |
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