Sesquicentennial:
ses·qui·cen·ten·ni·al
/ˌseskwəsenˈtenēəl/
adjective
- relating to the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of a significant event."as the town's sesquicentennial celebrations get under way"
noun
a one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary.
"the Texas Sesquicentennial was just two years away"
The movie was a bit sespuipedalian for me, I prefer my stories short and sweet.
We live in a world of anti=sesquipedalian children, where tweets are too long and three thought connected are garrulous.
parrlous
adjective
archaic•humorous
- full of danger or uncertainty; precarious."the parlous state of the economy"Similar:
adverb
archaic
greatly or excessively.
"she is parlous handsome"
adjective
formal
- (of a word) polysyllabic; long."sesquipedalian surnames"
- characterized by long words; long-winded."the sesquipedalian prose of scientific journals"
Sesquipedalian: A long word, or characterized by the use of long words. From the Latin roots meaning "a foot-and-a-half long." Loquaciousness: That would be garrulousness, verboseness, effusiveness. ... Also known as "gross verbosity".
He was not garrulous by
any means. On the contrary, there was a fine reserve in his manner
toward the entire domestic economy of his life which was all that is
comprehended by the popular term, gentlemanly. —Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie,1900
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