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2007-01-20 15:17:32 · 11 answers · asked by Eee 1 in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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Antidisestablishmenterianism.

2007-01-20 15:20:35 · answer #1 · answered by Jersey Giant 4 · 0 0

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis-however this was originally intended as a hoax. it's some kind of lung desease

the longest non-techinical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication. it literally means "nothing"

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.

2007-01-20 23:32:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes an English word. English allows new words to be formed by construction; long words are coined; place names may be considered words; technical terms may be arbitrarily long. Length can be in terms of orthography and number of written letters or phonology and the number of phonemes.

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash, 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 meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.[1]

The Oxford English Dictionary contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters).

The longest non-technical word is flocci­nauci­nihili­pili­fication at 29 letters. Consisting of a series of Latin words meaning "nothing" and defined as "the act of estimating something as worthless," its usage has been recorded as far back as 1741.[2][3][4] In recent times its usage has been recorded in the proceedings of the United States Senate by Senator Robert Byrd [5], and at the White House by Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry, albeit sarcastically.[6]

Anti­dis­establishment­arianism (a nineteenth century movement in England opposed to the separation of church and state) at 28 letters is still in colloquial currency for being one of the longest words in the English language.

The longest word which appears in William Shakespeare's works is the 27-letter honorific­abilitud­initatibus, appearing in Love's Labour's Lost. This is arguably an English word (rather than Latin), but only because it was Shakespeare who used it.

The humuhumu-nukunuku-a-pua‘a, or reef triggerfish, is Hawaii's official state fish.[7] At 22 letters (including the okina) it is one of the best known very long one-word names for an animal. It is occasionally quipped that the name is longer than the fish.

Although only fourteen letters long, sesquipedalian deserves a mention. It is derived from a nonce word used by the Roman author Horace, in his work Ars Poetica (The Art of Poetry). The quote is as follows: "Proicit ampullas et sesquipedalia verba," which means, "He throws aside his paint pots and his words that are a foot and a half long." The Oxford English Dictionary lists sesquipedalianism ("the practice of using words one and a half feet long"), and further derivations can be created as described in the Constructions section below.

2007-01-20 23:24:07 · answer #3 · answered by ebay_convert 5 · 1 2

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

2007-01-20 23:21:07 · answer #4 · answered by foodguru 4 · 1 1

The answer is Smiles because theres a mile between the first and last syllables.

LOL

2007-01-20 23:36:31 · answer #5 · answered by Arnoux 4 · 1 0

It consists of 1913 letters so I'm not going to type it.
It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8.

2007-01-20 23:22:44 · answer #6 · answered by LTin2000 3 · 0 1

Supercalafragilisticexpialidocious!! Ever though the sound of it is something quite precocious^^

2007-01-20 23:22:10 · answer #7 · answered by Dillon W 2 · 0 0

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis (45 letters)

2007-01-20 23:23:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

Too complicated, you will have to read this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

2007-01-20 23:22:53 · answer #9 · answered by ? 5 · 0 0

pneumonomicroscopicsiliconakon-
eosis

2007-01-20 23:24:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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