sesquipedalian \ses-kwi-pi-DAYL-yun\, adjective:
1. Given to the overuse of long words; "sesquipedalian orators"
2. (Of words) long and ponderous; having many syllables; as, "sesquipedalian technical terms"
--sesquipedalian, noun:
A very long word (a foot and a half long)

The verses of Stephen Hawes are as full of barbarous sesquipedalian Latinisms, as the prose of the Rambler.
--Robert Southey

A set of sesquipedalian exclamations.
--W. Roberts


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The performers who will swing from Hancher\'s back wall while pounding on auto parts and thunder across the auditorium\'s stage in oil-drum shoes are part of an international entertainment phenomenon that has included multiple companies performing on tour and in New York. \"Stomp\" performers have appeared on virtually every major TV talk and variety show, and even on a segment of the 1996 Academy Awards.

http://www.uiowa.edu/~ournews/1998/april/0410stomp.html

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Note added at 40 mins (2004-09-24 02:25:13 GMT)
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One of the biggest moments finds three of the guys walking on oil drum stilts.
http://www.digitalcity.com/boston/theaterguy/main.adp?page=t...

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... In a tent bursting with four generations, Perdu l\'Nord performed tradional Quebecois songs-complete with \"des claquettes,\" (tap shoes) \"le violon\", bongo drums ...
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