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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 (flocci, nauci, nihili, ... Copy & paste this link to your blog or website to reference this page...
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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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Beware the Spinal Trap ... The following is a reprint of an article by Simon Singh where in he criticizes the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) for promoting treatments which have not been shown to be effective. Instead of providing evidence to support their claims, ... Some practitioners claim it is a cure-all,
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• noun the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. ... Perform another search of the Compact Oxford English Dictionary ... About this dictionary; The Compact Oxford English Dictionary of Current English contains 145,000 words, phrases, and definitions. Find out more about Oxford's range of English...
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