-
title for the Pope.
sesquipedalia verba words a foot and a half long From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit
ampullas et
sesquipedalia verba" ("he
throws down...
- fear (or phobia) of long words. The word is
formed from the
Latin word
sesquipedalia (singular sesquipedalis),
which the
Ancient Roman poet
Horace used in...
-
involves the use of long words.
Roman poet
Horace coined the
phrase sesquipedalia verba in his Ars Poetica. It is a
compound of sesqui, "one and a half"...
-
title for the Pope.
sesquipedalia verba words a foot and a half long From Horace's Ars Poetica, "proicit
ampullas et
sesquipedalia verba" ("he
throws down...
- fear (or phobia) of long words. The word is
formed from the
Latin word
sesquipedalia (singular sesquipedalis),
which the
Ancient Roman poet
Horace used in...
-
received such a Box full from Mr
Bateman with the
astounding Angræ****
sesquipedalia with a
nectary a foot long—Good
Heavens what
insect can suck it"[?]...
- at the
University of Chicago. They
released their first live album,
Sesquipedalia, in 2000,
their first studio album, On Point, in 2002, and
their second...
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pronunciation of the name
should be made as easy as possible.
Nomina Generica Sesquipedalia,
enunciatu difficilia, vel nausepsa,
fugienda sunt. § 247 Gr**** generic...
