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- noun The fear of long words.
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Examples
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I splintered the long sentences, cooled the flamboyant diction and spoon-fed you short, simple clauses in explanation of my verbose lexicon, which was often perplexing enough to give you sesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
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I splintered the long sentences, cooled the flamboyant diction and spoon-fed you short, simple clauses in explanation of my verbose lexicon, which was often perplexing enough to give you sesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words.
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