"hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1997, Steven George Krantz, A primer of mathematical writing:",
          "text": "To indulge in hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian tergiversation is not to show your erudition: rather, it is to be superficial.",
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          "ref": "2005, Greg Vaughn, Fred Holmes, Letters from Dad:",
          "text": "And when it comes to language, short, simple words often have more impact and power than multisyllabic, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian ones.",
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          "text": "[…] a forty-five-letter hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian word for black lung disease.",
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