On Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 03:25:02PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote:
> Sesquipedalian comes from Latin sesquipedalis, "a foot and a half long, 
> hence inordinately long," from sesqui, "one half more, half as much 
> again" + pes, ped-, "a foot."

   From the OED, sesquipedalian (n & v):

   "Of words and expressions (after Horace's sesquipedalia verba 'words a
foot and a half long', A.P. 97)"

   Hugo.

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