Sesquipedalian

Bonjour readers,

Sesquipedalian is the word for today, meaning a polysyllabic word, or being characterised by long words.

The origin of the word is from Latin - 'sesqui' - 'pes-ped' - 'sesquipedalis', meaning 'a foot and a half long'

Then, the English language changed it from the Latin, 'sesquipedalis' to 'sesquipedalian'.

A sesquipedalist, therefore, is a person who tend to use long and pretty-sounding words when speaking. There could be many different reasons for someone to do this.

For example, someone might be arrogant and imperious, and like to make themselves feel and look intelligent and resourceful, where they might not be. They create this image to hide behind, while they convince themselves that it isn't an image at all, and they truly are wise and perceptive, even if they really are not.

Another example is quite the opposite. If someone is shy but very knowledgable, and is maybe being shown up by others, like the people in the previous example, they might also create an image of confidence and certainty to encourage them self to share their knowledge with others to show just how clever they are.

Don't be a sesquipedalist for the wrong reasons guys!

See you tomorrow!

E.V. x

p.s. three quotes for today!