http://www.wordnik.com/lists/bbc-listeners-nominate-their-favourite-words.xml Lots of sesquipedalians out there, judging by the response to our feature on the man who reads dictionaries for fun, Ammon Shea. We asked for your favourite words and were overwhelmed with nominations. Here we list 50 of the best. (Or if you can't be bothered going there, look below.) http://www.wordnik.com http://www.wordnik.com/words/lexiphane Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:18:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/lexiphane http://www.wordnik.com/words/pejorist Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:36 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pejorist http://www.wordnik.com/words/tripudiate Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tripudiate http://www.wordnik.com/words/cachinnations Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cachinnations http://www.wordnik.com/words/natiform Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/natiform http://www.wordnik.com/words/happifies Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/happifies http://www.wordnik.com/words/philodoxical Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:02:00 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/philodoxical http://www.wordnik.com/words/hansardize Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:54 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/hansardize http://www.wordnik.com/words/goving Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/goving http://www.wordnik.com/words/dyspathy Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:42 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/dyspathy http://www.wordnik.com/words/sesquipedalian Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sesquipedalian http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/syzygy http://www.wordnik.com/words/ideation Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:18 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ideation http://www.wordnik.com/words/mellifluous Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:11 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mellifluous http://www.wordnik.com/words/tatterdemalion Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:01:05 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tatterdemalion http://www.wordnik.com/words/enervating Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/enervating http://www.wordnik.com/words/chatoyant Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/chatoyant http://www.wordnik.com/words/erythrismal Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/erythrismal http://www.wordnik.com/words/slubberdegullion Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:38 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/slubberdegullion http://www.wordnik.com/words/rodomontade Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:28 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/rodomontade http://www.wordnik.com/words/estivate Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/estivate http://www.wordnik.com/words/metanoia Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:15 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/metanoia http://www.wordnik.com/words/fug Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:00:06 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/fug http://www.wordnik.com/words/borborygmus Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:57 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/borborygmus http://www.wordnik.com/words/crenellate Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:50 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/crenellate http://www.wordnik.com/words/maieutic Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:44 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/maieutic http://www.wordnik.com/words/tintinnabulation Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tintinnabulation http://www.wordnik.com/words/susurrus Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/susurrus http://www.wordnik.com/words/palimpsest Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:20 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/palimpsest http://www.wordnik.com/words/runcible Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/runcible http://www.wordnik.com/words/chthonic Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:59:01 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/chthonic http://www.wordnik.com/words/kakistocracy Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/kakistocracy http://www.wordnik.com/words/sinecure Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:40 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sinecure http://www.wordnik.com/words/crepuscular Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:34 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/crepuscular http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphygmomanometer Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:27 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sphygmomanometer http://www.wordnik.com/words/sepulchral Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:21 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/sepulchral http://www.wordnik.com/words/pusillanimous Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/pusillanimous http://www.wordnik.com/words/floccinaucinihilipilification Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:58:04 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/floccinaucinihilipilification http://www.wordnik.com/words/discombobulated Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/discombobulated http://www.wordnik.com/words/turpitude Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:49 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/turpitude http://www.wordnik.com/words/proprioception Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/proprioception http://www.wordnik.com/words/panglossian Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/panglossian http://www.wordnik.com/words/frippet Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:29 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/frippet http://www.wordnik.com/words/petrichor Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:22 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/petrichor http://www.wordnik.com/words/spelunking Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spelunking http://www.wordnik.com/words/oxter Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:57:07 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/oxter http://www.wordnik.com/words/termagant Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:56 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/termagant http://www.wordnik.com/words/urt Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:43 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/urt http://www.wordnik.com/words/cryptomnesia Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:35 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/cryptomnesia http://www.wordnik.com/words/ischial callosities Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:23 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/ischial callosities http://www.wordnik.com/words/quidnunc Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:16 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/quidnunc http://www.wordnik.com/words/tmesis Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:56:08 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/tmesis http://www.wordnik.com/words/zareba Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:59 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/zareba http://www.wordnik.com/words/scrimshanker Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:52 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/scrimshanker http://www.wordnik.com/words/spanghew Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:45 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/spanghew http://www.wordnik.com/words/mallemaroking Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:33 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/mallemaroking http://www.wordnik.com/words/omphaloskepsis Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:24 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/omphaloskepsis http://www.wordnik.com/words/poodle-faker Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:14 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/poodle-faker http://www.wordnik.com/words/defenestrate Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:55:10 +0000 http://www.wordnik.com/words/defenestrate