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Quiz about Sesquipedalian Logodaedaly
Quiz about Sesquipedalian Logodaedaly

Sesquipedalian Logodaedaly! Trivia Quiz


If you already know what sesquipedalian logodaedaly is, you'll probably like this quiz! If you don't know, don't worry, you'll find out when you play!

A multiple-choice quiz by ecoli23. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
ecoli23
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
261,012
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10
1. I'll start this quiz by giving you an answer! "Sesquipedalian" means "pertaining to, or using long words". But what exactly is the root meaning of sesquipedalian? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Logodaedalians", or "word wizards", can be a colourful bunch. All of the following words refer to colour in some way except for: Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "Philtrum" is a strangely uncommon word, for a strangely common feature. Which show business personality never professionally exposed his or her philtrum? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. While you're fishing for answers, which of the following words has nothing to do with fish? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. You have a friend who expresses the desire to move from a state of "steatopygia" to one of "callipygia". What DVD do you buy her for Christmas? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Leapin' lizards! I'll bet you've never met a reptile that was: Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. If you were in a foot race with three other people, and you achieved the "preantepenultimate" position, you would have: Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Even Willy the Shake was a logodaedalian, maybe the best ever. Which of the following sesquipedalianisms can be found in the works of Shakespeare? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "But surely my dear, you must have realized from the start that I'm a confirmed gynotikolobomassophile," you murmur, as you: Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which one of the following words did I make up just for this quiz? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I'll start this quiz by giving you an answer! "Sesquipedalian" means "pertaining to, or using long words". But what exactly is the root meaning of sesquipedalian?

Answer: About 46 centimetres

Sesquipedalian literally means "a foot and a half long" - or about 46 cm. "Sesqui-", meaning "one and a half", is a much-underused prefix, I think!
2. "Logodaedalians", or "word wizards", can be a colourful bunch. All of the following words refer to colour in some way except for:

Answer: Rosorial

"Rosorial" refers to garbage or, alternatively, the outer surface of tree bark. "Purpuraceous" and "brunneous" are just high-falutin' words for "purple" and "brown". "Xanthocyanopsia" is a form of colour-blindness.
3. "Philtrum" is a strangely uncommon word, for a strangely common feature. Which show business personality never professionally exposed his or her philtrum?

Answer: Groucho Marx

Groucho started his career wearing a greasepaint moustache, and later grew a real one, hiding the two little ridges on his upper lip - his philtrum!
4. While you're fishing for answers, which of the following words has nothing to do with fish?

Answer: Hircismus

"Halieutics" is the act of fishing; "harengiform" means "herring-shaped" (useful word, that!); and "humuhumunukunukuapua'a" is a small Hawaiian fish. "Hircismus" means foul-smelling armpits, if you must know.
5. You have a friend who expresses the desire to move from a state of "steatopygia" to one of "callipygia". What DVD do you buy her for Christmas?

Answer: "Buns of Steel"

A callipgyian person has a shapely rear; a steatopygian one has a fat butt. Makes you wonder why these words aren't in more common use, doesn't it?
6. Leapin' lizards! I'll bet you've never met a reptile that was:

Answer: Pentapopemptic

"Herpetofauna" (reptile life) are generally "squamaceous" (scaly) and "poikilothermal" (cold-blooded), but not usually "pentapopemptic" (divorced five times).
7. If you were in a foot race with three other people, and you achieved the "preantepenultimate" position, you would have:

Answer: Won

It means "fourth from last". "Penultimate" actually means "second from last" and I find it hilarious when people use it to mean "better than ultimate" or "supreme". But then, I'm easily amused.
8. Even Willy the Shake was a logodaedalian, maybe the best ever. Which of the following sesquipedalianisms can be found in the works of Shakespeare?

Answer: Honorificabilitudinitatibus

It's in "Love's Labours Lost". Look it up! (I sincerely hope you didn't choose "supercalifragilistic...")
9. "But surely my dear, you must have realized from the start that I'm a confirmed gynotikolobomassophile," you murmur, as you:

Answer: Nibble her ear

Literally translated from Greek roots: one who loves to chew on the lobe of a woman's ear.
10. Which one of the following words did I make up just for this quiz?

Answer: Ultraglabrescentaceous

If "ultraglabrescentaceous" was a word, it would mean "beyond smooth and hairless". The others, believe it or not, are a kind of lung disease, a very short musical note, and yes, a word even longer than a sesquipedalian one!

Almost all of the words I used in this quiz can be found in "Mrs. Byrne's Dictionary of Unusual, Obscure, and Preposterous Words", by Josefa Heifetz Byrne, Citadel Press, 1974 (among other sources). Thank you, Mrs. Byrne!
Source: Author ecoli23

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