What is the longest word in the English language?

Question

Whats the longest word and its meaning?

Answer 1

The longest word in any major English language dictionary is pneumono­ul
tra­micro­scopic­
silico­volcano­
coniosis,
(sorry i had to split it up because it's that long!)
a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust, 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 was used by the Roman author Horace to refer to words that are "a foot and a half long."

Answer 2

The longest word in the English language consists of 1,909 letters. I swear. I just looked it up in a dictionary.

"Methionylglutaminylarginylt-
yrosylglutamylserylleucylphen-
ylalanylglutaminylleucyllysyl-
glutamylarginyllysylglutamy-
lglysylalanylphenylalanylvalyl....."


"It is the term for the formula C1289H2051N343O375S8. A Tryptophan synthetase A protein, an enzyme that has 267 amino acids."

Sorry I had to cut off the name, there is only 2 hyphens in the whole word, and it's towards the bottom. All the ones that I typed are just as a continuation.

Answer 3

You are all wrong. I have a dictionary at school that says the REAL longest word in the English language. I would tell you it, but I can't remember it because it has 1,909 letters. And I don't remember what it means exactly, but I think it has something to do with DNA.

Answer 4

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapoka... or Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturi... the Maori (language) placename on an otherwise unremarkable hill which is 305 metres high, close to Porangahau, south of Waipukurau in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The placename is often shortened to Taumata by the locals for ease of conversation.

Answer 5

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pneumonoultramicrosco picsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silicious particles. sorry, you have to connect the first two words of my sentence to get the full word. Its too long to be displayed on yahoo. Unless i'm the only one who can't see the full word, its pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanocon...

Answer 6

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis, a 45-letter word supposed to refer to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of fine silica dust. More long words are listed at the askoxford.com website below.

Answer 7

Disestablishmentarianism: (noun) An opponent of an established order, especially one who opposes state support of an established church.

Answer 8

smiles- cos there is a mile between the 2 s'. sorry that was a it lame but i hope it puts a smile on ur dial.

Answer 9

pneumono­ultra­micro­scopic­silico­volcano­coniosis- 45 letters

Answer 10

anti-dis-in-stablish-ment-ari-an-ism
it is made up of 1 base word
3 prepixes
4 sufixes