And Why Not?

Sesquicentennial

by | Dec 20, 2010 | blog

One of the first big polysyllabic words I remember learning as a kid was Sesquicentennial.  The word refers to a time period of 150-years (sesqui = one-and-a-half + cetennial = 100).  I learned this word when the small town in Michigan where I grew up had its very...