Sesquipedalian Words

adj. sweetly flowing; pleasant to the ear

Used by: Stephen Fry

n. a system where people are rewarded based on their abilities and achievements.

Used by: Glenn Loury

n. a change in form or appearance or use

Used by: Salman Rushdie

n. 1 the branch of biology that deals with the form and structure of animals and plants; 2 the br...

Used by: John McWhorter

n. the policy or practice of giving equal attention or representation to the cultural needs and c...

Used by: Zadie Smith

n. 1 a change or alteration in form or qualities; 2 an organism that has characteristics resultin...

Used by: Siddhartha Mukherjee

n. 1 a new word or phrase or usage; 2 the introduction or use of new words or meanings

Used by: Salman Rushdie

n. a longing for something past

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro

n. a very slight change in feeling or meaning; a gradation

Used by: Zadie Smith

adj. grasping and representing facts as they are n. something that one hopes or intends to accomp...

Used by: Sam Harris

n. the branch of medicine that deals with the nature of disease; esp. with the structural and fun...

Used by: Siddhartha Mukherjee

n. a system in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded

Used by: Margaret Atwood

n. an early type of magiclantern show consisting of various optical illusions in which objects ra...

Used by: Stephen Fry

adj. 1 of or relating to philosophy or philosophers; 2 characterized by the attitude of a philoso...

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro

n. the study of the sound system of a given language and the analysis and classification of its p...

Used by: John McWhorter

n. a practical approach to problem-solving or decision-making

Used by: Rory Stewart

n. an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature; authoritative example

Used by: Lionel Lebron

n. an organized spreading of certain ideas

Used by: Noam Chomsky

adj. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

Used by: Cornel West

adj. uncultured in thought and manner; n. a country person

Used by: Rory Stewart

n. high moral character

Used by: Douglas Murray

n. 1 the act of remembering or recollecting past experiences 2 a mental impression retained and r...

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro

n. a restraining or being restrained a restraining influence or action a means or instrument of r...

Used by: Kazuo Ishiguro

adj. of; having the nature of; or according to rhetoric using or characterized by mere rhetoric; ...

Used by: Douglas Murray

n. capacity for sensation or feeling

Used by: Yuval Noah Harari

adj. 1 to think about or make guesses; 2 to engage in a risky business venture

Used by: Margaret Atwood

adj. 1 of or being a statute or statutes; 2 punishable through the authority of a statute

Used by: Lionel Lebron

n. 1 a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective 2 the means or procedure for doi...

Used by: Andrew Roberts

n. a soft murmuring or rustling sound

Used by: Stephen Fry

n. 1 falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language; 2 the act of abandoning a party or cause

Used by: Jacob Rees-Mogg

adj. referrring to a form of goverment in which one person or part holds absolute control from th...

Used by: Christopher Hitchens

n. the quality of appearing true; depicting realism

Used by: Donna Tartt