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2007-02-19 02:00:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

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PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­CONIOSIS (also spelled PNEUMONO­ULTRA­MICRO­SCOPIC­SILICO­VOLCANO­KONIOSIS) =

a lung disease caused by breathing in particles of siliceous volcanic dust.
This is the longest word in any English dictionary. However, it was coined by Everett Smith, the President of The National Puzzlers' League, in 1935 purely for the purpose of inventing a new "longest word". The Oxford English Dictionary described the word as factitious. Nevertheless it also appears in the Webster's, Random House, and Chambers dictionaries

2007-02-19 02:41:53 · answer #1 · answered by AppleCard! 2 · 2 0

The longest word in any English dictionary is: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, 45 letters long referring to a lung disease.

2007-02-19 10:45:28 · answer #2 · answered by brainstorm 6 · 1 0

If you want the biggest word , open a German dictionary. I promise you won't be sure which word to choose!

2007-02-19 10:50:18 · answer #3 · answered by Sissy 2 · 0 1

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