Sesquipedalian

Chamber's Etymological of the English Language · 1895 · p. 469
scs-kwi-pe-du'Ii-an, adj. contain- ing u foot and a half oiten humorously said of — a very long word (I. sesgm-pe.raUs sesgui, one half more, and pet. pea -is, E. Foot Se ion, soh on, n. the sitting or a embly of a court or public body the time sits the period ol time between the meeting and prorogation of Parliament atlaud the lowest ecclesiastical court of a Presbyterian church —Court Of Se ion, the supreme civil court of Scotland. [Fr. — L se io, se ion is, from se um, pa.p. of Stden, E. Sit Se pool. Same as CeaspOOl. Set, set. v.t. to make to sit to place to fix to put in a condition to render motionle to determine beforehand to obstruct to plant to fix in metal to a ign, as a price to put in order for use to sharpen to spread, as sails to pitch, as a tune to adapt music to adorn with — something fixed to stud to point, as h dog. m mute mOOn Men. 459 469 IMG:page-469.webp:Page 469 \ n Set Shaokles v.t, to sink below the horizon to decline to rent asunder. [Fr. sevrer, to wean (It. sevrare, plant: to become fixed: to congeal: to have a sceverare) —L. separo. Doublet Separate certain direction in motion to point out game Several, sev'er-al, adj. distinct particular differ to apply (one’s self).—pr.p. sett'ing pa and ent various consisting of a number sundry. Pap. set. —To set aside, to put away, to omit adv. Severally. [Lit. 'separate,' O. Fr. —L. or reject:~at naught, to despise —by {ft.), to separo. See Separate, Sever.] [tion. value or esteem forth, to exhibit to publish Severance, sev’dr-ans, act of severing separa- [B to set off to advantage to set out on u Severe, sc-v«ir', adj. serious grave austere journey.‘—forward (If.), to further, promote strict not mild strictly adhering to rule In, to put in the way to begin —on, to adorn sharp distre ing inclement searching diff i to place against as an equivalent on (ft.), to cult to be endured —adv. Severely. [Fr. attack:—to, to affix, (A. S. sett an, cog. with stfzdrc—'L. sencrus akin to Gr. seb-omat, to Ger. setzen. Ice. setja Goth, satjan being the worship, Saus sSv weak causative of the Goth, root-verb sittan, Severity, se-ver'i-ti, n. quality of being severe E. Sit] gravity harshne exactne inclemency,
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