sesquipedale

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sesquipedālis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /se.skwi.peˈda.le/
  • Rhymes: -ale
  • Hyphenation: se‧squi‧pe‧dà‧le

Adjective

sesquipedale (plural sesquipedali)

  1. sesquipedal, sesquipedalian
  2. enormous, immeasurable
    Synonyms: enorme, gigantesco, mastodontico, smisurato
    Antonyms: insignificante, irrilevante, lieve, trascurabile

Latin

Adjective

sēsquipedāle

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of sēsquipedālis
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