how long vs sesquipedalian

how long

adj
  • Used literally: what length. 

  • Used literally: what duration. 

adv
  • Used literally: for what duration. 

sesquipedalian

adj
  • Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words. 

  • Long; polysyllabic. 

noun
  • A long word. 

  • A person who uses long words. 

How often have the words how long and sesquipedalian occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )