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Thread: Can't remember the word for...
- 21-Aug-2005, 12:04 #1JPM Guest
Can't remember the word for... Someone who has a way with words/uses big words.
Can anyone help?
- 21-Aug-2005, 13:25 #2
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Re: Can't remember the word for... A person who uses big words is a sesquipedalianist.
See also: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Sesquipedality
A person having a way with words would be eloquent. Not sure what noun could be used to discribe him/her though.
- 21-Aug-2005, 22:38 #3
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Teacher Re: Can't remember the word for... Have you ever thought of the inherent irony of calling someone a sesquipedalianist? I have been called a self-aggrandizing pedantic gasbag on more than one occasion and I thought that was a very effective description.
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