Pretentious
Pretentious adjective - Making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.
Usage example: a pretentious country house
Sesquipedalian and pretentious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sesquipedalian" instead an adjective "Pretentious".
Nearby Words: pretentiousness, pretentiously
Sesquipedalian
Sesquipedalian adjective - Given to the overuse of long words.
Usage example: sesquipedalian orators
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Pretentious and sesquipedalian are semantically related. You can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "Sesquipedalian".
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When the narrator channels Fats, the text becomes ripe with pretentious, self-centred Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness.
Source: Literature / The Casual Vacancy
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