Sesquipedalian Words
Showing 32 of 100 advanced English words used by famous speakers, writers, and intellectuals. Each word links directly to its full dictionary definition.
n. and tr. v. 1 verbal communication; conversation; 2 a discussion in speech or writing often for...
Used by: Glenn Loury, Bari Weiss, Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Peggy Noonan, Peter Hitchens, George F. Will, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, Ezra Klein
n. 1 an argument to refute a position or opinion; 2 one who aggressively advocates a position
Used by: Christopher Hitchens, Bari Weiss, Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Peggy Noonan, Peter Hitchens, George F. Will, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, Ezra Klein
n. an article in a periodical written by the editor and published as an official argument
Used by: Bari Weiss, Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Peggy Noonan, Peter Hitchens, George F. Will, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, Ezra Klein
n. 1 a strong supporter or advocate; 2 an armed fighter opposed to an occupying army; adj. strong...
Used by: Bari Weiss, Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Peggy Noonan, Peter Hitchens, George F. Will, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, Ezra Klein
n. 1 the art of using language skillfully 2 exaggerated or insincere language that is without rea...
Used by: Bari Weiss, Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Peggy Noonan, Peter Hitchens, George F. Will, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Andrew Sullivan, Fareed Zakaria, Ezra Klein
n. 1 a short moral story; 2 a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Pynchon, Lionel Shriver, Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand
adj. consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story n. a message that tells the particu...
Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Pynchon, Lionel Shriver, Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand
n. writing or speech in its usual form of a series of sentences. Novels short stories essays and ...
Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Pynchon, Lionel Shriver, Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand
n. the practice of expressing things as in art or literature by means of symbols
Used by: Joyce Carol Oates, Colson Whitehead, Marilynne Robinson, Thomas Pynchon, Lionel Shriver, Conan O'Brien, Russell Brand
n. rhythmical or measured flow or movement as in poetry or the time and pace of marching troops
Used by: Aesop Rock, Lupe Fiasco, GZA (The Genius), Black Thought, Lin-Manuel Miranda
n. a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not liter...
Used by: Aesop Rock, Lupe Fiasco, GZA (The Genius), Black Thought, Lin-Manuel Miranda
n. a remedy or medicine proposed for or professing to cure all diseases
Used by: Aesop Rock, Lupe Fiasco, GZA (The Genius), Black Thought, Lin-Manuel Miranda
adj. of or pertaining to or consisting of a syllable or syllables
Used by: Aesop Rock, Lupe Fiasco, GZA (The Genius), Black Thought, Lin-Manuel Miranda
n. a list or collection of words defined or explained
Used by: Aesop Rock, Lupe Fiasco, GZA (The Genius), Black Thought, Lin-Manuel Miranda
adj. 1 helping to learn; guiding in discovery or investigation; 2 using or obtained by exploratio...
Used by: Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Werner Herzog, Ken Jennings
n. a pattern; example; or model an overall concept accepted by most people in an intellectual com...
Used by: Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Werner Herzog, Ken Jennings
adj. capable of being proved or disproved by observation or experiment
Used by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Werner Herzog, Ken Jennings
adj. concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than their practical applications
Used by: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Werner Herzog, Ken Jennings
n. the dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others
Used by: Cornel West, Noam Chomsky
n. Now Rare orderly or systematic arrangementGram; Linguis. the arrangement of and relationships ...
Used by: John McWhorter, Noam Chomsky
n. the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste; adj. concerning or characterized by an...
Used by: Zadie Smith
adj. 1 able to walk about; 2 relating to or adapted for walking; n. a covered walkway as in a clo...
Used by: Will Self
n. anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history
Used by: Jacob Rees-Mogg
adj. anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history
Used by: Douglas Murray
adj. using or skilled in using investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relation...
Used by: Glenn Loury
adj. of; like; or having to do with Apollo wellordered; rational; and serene
Used by: Camille Paglia
n. 1 the act or process of speaking or expressing in words; 2 expressing in coherent verbal form;...
Used by: Glenn Loury
adj. of or relating to reversion to a former or more primitive type
Used by: Victor Davis Hanson
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