http://www.illusive-mind.com/linguistic-curiosities/the-word-sesquipedalian/ Trance Music, Philosophy and Politics. The official homepage of philosopher artist: Illusive Mind. Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:05:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.illusive-mind.com/linguistic-curiosities/the-word-sesquipedalian/comment-page-1/#comment-162 the word: retronym at Illusive Mind Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:04:37 +0000 http://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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