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Floccinaucinihilipilification (pronounced /ˌflɒksɨˌnɔːsɨˌnaɪ(h)ɪlɨˌpɪlɨfɪˈkeɪʃən/ ; British English, American English; variously flocci 'p 'aucinihilipilification, with p for n) is the ...
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Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). ... "action or habit of estimating as worthless," 1741, a combination of four Latin words ... The kind of jocular formation that was possible among educated men in Britain in those days. Just so,
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The action or habit of judging something to be worthless. ... Back in the eighteenth century, Eton College had a grammar book which listed a set of words from Latin which all meant “of little or no value”. In order, those were flocci, nauci, nihili, and pili (which sound like four of the seven ... A quick Latin lesson:
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Part of Speech: Noun ... Meaning: Considering something to be worthless. ... Notes: I know what is on your mind: what is the purpose of a word no one but alphaDictionary's Andrew Shaffer can pronounce?
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1.3.1 Usage notes ... 1.3.2 Related terms ... A jocular coinage, apparently by students at Eton, combining a number of roughly synonymous Latin stems.
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Life | The Universe | Everything | Advanced Search ... "flocci" is from the Latin floccus, which means "fleece" and is related to the verb floccipendo which means, literally, "to give the value of a bit of fleece" or "to take lightly." ... "pili" is the plural form of the word pilus, the Latin word for "small hair," but in...
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This is so far the longest English Word listed in Oxford Dictionary and I hope that it does not describe the following delicious essays on language. ... Law & Politics...
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Home > Library > Miscellaneous > AnswerNotes ... The estimation of something as worthless. ... The term is usually used as an example of a very long word. It originates from the Latin words flocci, nauci and pili, and it appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary's first edition (published in separate sections between 1884...
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