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His height was certainly not remarkable; but his width of shoulder—his sesquipedality of stomach—and obesity of calf—these were unique!

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison

You may now read these long words as they are here presented, without a division of the syllables, as follows: valetudinarian, indefatigability, hypochondriacal, metempsychosis, hallucination, zoonomia, sesquipedality.

From Parker's Second Reader National Series of Selections for Reading, Designed For The Younger Classes In Schools, Academies, &C. by Parker, Richard Green

Would you have thought that so much sesquipedality could die?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 21, July, 1859 by Various

Why, Dr. Slop's abdominal sesquipedality was sylph-like grace to the Lambertian girth she displays.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various