http://www.illusive-mind.com/linguistic-curiosities/the-word-sesquipedalian/ Trance Music, Philosophy and Politics. The official homepage of philosopher artist: Illusive Mind. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.illusive-mind.com/linguistic-curiosities/the-word-sesquipedalian/#comment-162 the word: retronym at Illusive Mind Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:04:37 +0000 http://www.illusive-mind.com/linguistic-curiosities/the-word-sesquipedalian/#comment-162 [...] like this word not only for it’s self-referential quality (like the ultimate: ‘sesquipedalian‘), but also because it is about the exacting nature of language itself. The need to coin [...] […] like this word not only for it’s self-referential quality (like the ultimate: ‘sesquipedalian‘), but also because it is about the exacting nature of language itself. The need to coin […]

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