Usually means: Fear of long words, ironically.
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  1. sesquipedalophobia: Wiktionary
  2. Sesquipedalophobia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Sesquipedalophobia: The Phobia List

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▸ noun:  Fear of long words.

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sesquipedalian, sesquipedalism, sesquipedalianist, sesquipedalianism, linguaphilia, paedophobia, perissology, glossophilia, lexophile, lethologica, more...

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sesquipedalian, sesquipedalism, sesquipedalianist, sesquipedalianism, linguaphilia, paedophobia, perissology, glossophilia, lexophile, lethologica, more...



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