sesquipedalian
Anglais
Étymologie
- Du latin sesquipedalis (« long d’un pied et demi »), dérivé de sesqui et de pedis, forme de pes (« pied »). Cognat avec le français sesquipédal.
Nom commun
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| sesquipedalian \ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən\ |
sesquipedalians \ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪənz\ |
sesquipedalian \ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən\
- Un long mot, qui a beaucoup de syllabes.
- “The fine old fellow,” as a Northern contemporary of ours patronizingly calls him, certainly rolled out his sesquipedalians with a majesty previously unknown, and gave a fine organ-like swell to his full-blow periods; — (On the Art of Rising in Prose The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, part 2, v. 29, Henry Colburn and Co., page 162, 1830)
- Fleet-streetese, the so-called English written to sell by the Fleet-streeter (q.v.), or baser sort of journalist: a mixture of sesquipedalians and slang, of phrases worn threadbare and phrases sprung from the kennel; — (John S. Farmer, William Ernest Henley, A Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English: Abridged from the Seven-volume Work, Entitled "Slang and Its Analogues", Taylor & Francis, page 164, 1927)
- ‘Sometimes we converse in ballad-rhymes, sometimes in Johnsonian sesquipedalians; at tea we condescend to riddles and charades.’ — (Hannah More, Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 220, 1952)
- Personne qui utilise de longs mots.
- Don’t be a sesquipedalian! / Yes, you guessed right. A sesquipedalian is a person who enjoys long words. — (Jonathan Herring, How to Argue: Powerfully, Persuasively, Positively, FT Press, chapitre 8, page ?, 2012)
Apparentés étymologiques
Dérivés
Adjectif
| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | sesquipedalian |
| Comparatif | more sesquipedalian |
| Superlatif | most sesquipedalian |
sesquipedalian \ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən\
- Long, polysyllabique (en parlant d’un mot).
- More people know the sesquipedalian word "antidisestablishmentarianism" than know what it means.
- Relatif au fait d’utiliser de trop longs mots.
- Our dinner guest was so sesquipedalian that no one could understand what he said.
Prononciation
- \ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən\
- États-Unis : écouter « sesquipedalian [Prononciation ?] »
- (Royaume-Uni) : écouter « sesquipedalian [ˌsɛskwɪpɪˈdeɪlɪən] »
Références
- Cette page utilise des informations de l’article du Wiktionnaire en anglais, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 : sesquipedalian. (liste des auteurs et autrices)