What is the longest word in the English language?

Answer 1

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.
The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters

Answer 2

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim. See the separate article for details.

The Guinness Book of Records, in its 1992 and subsequent editions, declared the "longest real word" in the English language to be flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. (More recent editions of the book have since acknowledged pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.) Defined as "the act of estimating (something) as worthless", its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[1][2] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [3], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[4] It is the longest non-technical word in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary

Answer 3

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumo­noultra­microscopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease, but research has discovered that this word was originally intended as a hoax. It has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended context, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.

Answer 4

Pneumonoultramicroscopic silicovolcanoconiosis, a lung disease found in miners, is at 45 letters the longest word in the English language, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. (Remove the space; Yahoo! only lets you type so many letters consecutively.)

Answer 5

It depends on who you ask. But more than likely, it will be one of these three words given as an answer.

flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication-- the act of judging something as worthless

Aequeosalinocalcalinosetaceoaluminosocupreovitriolic --a way to describe the bath/spring waters of England

Pseudopseudopneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis--a lung disease caused by the breathing in of volcano ash

I live for stuff like this. :)

Answer 6

It's pneumonoultra microscopic silicovolcanoconeosis. Yahoo Answers automatically shortens it up into pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconeosis so I had to space it out a little.

Yes, it is a lung disease caused by the inhalation of silical dust particles (from a volcano).

Answer 7

Some say it is

ANTIESTABLISHMENTARIANISM'.

Some say it is

'SMILES' . This word is said to be more than a mile long as can be seen between the First 'S' & the Last 'S'! (s MILE s)

Nice explanation, isn't it?

Can you ever find a word similar to this which is over a mile long?

Answer 8

There are a few different opinions. This link should help you.

To get many different answers, do a search for this question on Yahoo answers. You'll get lots of results.

Best of luck.

Answer 9

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

Answer 10

The answer to your question is in the "resolved" section; saw it two days ago. Just look.