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Autological words
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Sesquipedalian is autological because sesquipedalian means 'having many syllables or using long, complex words.'
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is scary to read or remember
How would one pronounce that word?
sess - kwih - peh - dale - ian
Thanks.
Been one of my favorite words for a long time.
Huh... I had always assumed that it related to having one and a half feet/legs.