a palindrome is a word that reads the same backwards as it does forwards.
2007-03-02 11:25:14 · 7 answers · asked by yobro 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
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2007-03-02 11:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by mat l 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The longest palindromic word in the Oxford English Dictionary is "tattarrattat", coined by James Joyce in Ulysses for a knock on the door.
The Guinness Book of Records gives "detartrated", the past tense of detartrate, a somewhat contrived chemical term meaning to remove tartrates.
There is also "sensuousness"
2007-03-02 20:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by I want to help 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longest palindromic word in the Oxford English Dictionary is "tattarrattat"
2007-03-02 19:31:14 · answer #3 · answered by greymatter 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He asked for a word.
kinnikinnik
It means a mixture used by North American Indians as a substitute for tobacco. It's usually spelled kinnikinniCk, but the spelling I've given is also recognized by the Oxford English Dictionary. "Detartrated" is longer but, insofar as I know, does not appear in any published dictionary.
Note to Misunderestimated (great name, by the way): OED says that "tattarrattat" is a made up word that has only been used once (by James Joyce).
2007-03-02 19:30:24 · answer #4 · answered by K ; 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Kinnikinnik, a bearberry.
2007-03-02 19:33:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
bob
2007-03-02 19:34:55 · answer #6 · answered by slim jin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://norvig.com/pal2txt.html
2007-03-02 19:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by crzywriter 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋