2007-03-30 15:36:28 · 7 answers · asked by James 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
yes it is still the longest word in english....
encyclodictionalmanacapedia comes pretty close
2007-03-30 15:46:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no, it isn't. The longest word in the English language is Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilico (the rest of the word is "volcanoconiosis," but for some reason Yahoo answers won't print the whole word together. Weird.) 45 letters. I learned it when I was 13, but if you want to look it up, check Wikipedia or any online dictionary. I'd add a link, but Yahoo answers ALSO will not print the entire link address...
2007-03-30 15:48:25 · answer #2 · answered by ckmclements 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i imagine, on the grounds that medical words are per a mish-mash of (frequently spurious) Greek and Latin, untranslated into undemanding English, they should be disallowed as solutions to this question. I nevertheless like Antidisestablishmentarianism, which will properly be damaged down into its English roots: - set up - institution - establishmentarian - establishmentarianism - disestablishmentarianism - antidisestablishmentarianism
2016-12-03 01:28:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. The longest word is actually pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis . 45 letters. Lung diesease from inhaling silica dust.
The longest non-technical word is floccinaucinihilipilification. 29 letters. Act of estimating as worthless.
2007-03-30 15:50:21 · answer #4 · answered by cstravagante 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is, although a scientist invented a word dealing with volcanic ash in the lungs that was longer, but it was a purely invented word without any real history or significance.
But do you know what it means?
It means a person who believes that the government should sponsor a church, much like many of the European countries did in the 1700 and 1800s and the US colonies did as well (Mass. - Puritanism; Virginia - Anglicanism)
To "establish" means for a government to sponsor a church
to "dis-establish" means that there should be a separation between church and state
"anti-dis-establish" is a double negative so you are back to being opposed to the separation of church and state.
2007-03-30 15:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by John B 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is but I have alway wondered what it means
2007-03-30 15:43:48 · answer #6 · answered by jazzpuppy313 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes it is
2007-03-30 15:40:39 · answer #7 · answered by Pepsi_sonja 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋