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Sunday, September 18, 2011

#13. Sesquipedalian

Maureen Dowd, NY Times op-ed columnist, wrote on 9/17/11 in "Eggheads and Blockheads,"

“Having grown up with a crush on William F. Buckley Jr. for his sesquipedalian facility, it’s hard for me to watch the right wing of the G.O.P. revel in anti-intellectualism and anti-science cant.”

What is the opposite of sesquipedalian?
 
Sesquipedalian: given to using long words
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