FLOCCINAUCINIHILIPILIFICATION - (29 letters; an estimation of something as worthless)
HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS - (27 letters "honorableness" It is the ablative plural of the Latin contrived honorificabilitudinitas, which is an extension of honorificabilis meaning "honorableness." )
is the longest word used by Shakespeare. It appears in Love's Labor's Lost, Act V, Scene I, and is spoken by Costard:
O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words.I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;for thou art not so long by the head ashonorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easierswallowed than a flap-dragon.
ANTITRANSUBSTANTIATIONALIST - ( 27 letters; one who doubts that consecrated bread and wine actually change into the body and blood of Christ)
LEVATOR LABII SUPERIORIS ALAEQUE NASI - (is a thin triangular muscle located on the side of the nose)
(want to find out some more? Check out the website at http://members.aol.com/gulfhigh2/words11.html )
3 comments:
.....*blink*..... wow. I'm just curious as to what made you look for these anomalous words.
Just removed my previous comment cos it was gibberishish - is that a word?
What I meant to say was...
After 'floccinaucinihilipilification' my favourite has always been 'antidisestablishmentarianism'
I never knew what is was until just now when I looked at Dictionary.com, I'm still not sure I understand it, but it sounds good!
Thanks for the education. :-)
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