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I had to look it up to find out what it meant
Floccinaucinihilipilification is "the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation".
With 29 letters, it is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which presents it "as enumerated in a well-known rule from the Eton Latin Grammar".
Floccinaucinihilipilification is "the act or habit of estimating or describing something as worthless, or making something to be worthless by deprecation".
With 29 letters, it is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which presents it "as enumerated in a well-known rule from the Eton Latin Grammar".
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From: Avoiding idiots - or trying to....
The longest word in the British dictionary when I was at school was
antidisestablishmentarinism
and my old headmaster used to take great pride in telling that (good old boy was Mr Baxter
) but it's evidently changed !! That was 25 years ago though
antidisestablishmentarinism
and my old headmaster used to take great pride in telling that (good old boy was Mr Baxter
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