floccinaucinihilipilification
- floccinaucinihilipilification
floccinaucinihilipilification "action or habit of estimating as worthless," 1741, a combination of four Latin words (flocci, nauci, nihili, pilifi) all signifying "at a small price" or "for nothing," which were listed together in a rule of the well-known Eton Latin Grammar. The kind of jocular formation that was possible among educated men in Britain in those days. Just so, as in praesenti, the opening words of mnemonic lines on conjugation in Lilley's 16c. Latin grammar, could stand alone as late as 19c. and be understood to mean "rudiments of Latin."
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Floccinaucinihilipilification — (Audio|Floccinaucinihilipilification.ogg|listen American English: Audio|Floc.ogg|listen see below for more pronunciation possibilities) (or variously floccipaucinihilipilification , as described in You English Words by John Moore) is the act of… … Wikipedia
Floccinaucinihilipilification — ( anhören?/i) ist mit 29 Buchstaben das längste Wort in der ersten Auflage des Oxford English Dictionary und bedeutet Geringschätzung … Deutsch Wikipedia
floccinaucinihilipilification — /flok seuh naw seuh nuy hil euh pil euh fi kay sheuhn/, n. Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). [1735 45; < L flocci + nauci + nihili + pili all… … Universalium
floccinaucinihilipilification — noun /ˌflɒksɪˌnɒsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən,ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnaɪɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant. I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci nauci nihili pili fication of money. See Also:… … Wiktionary
floccinaucinihilipilification — n. habit or action of judging or estimating something as worthless or having no value … English contemporary dictionary
floccinaucinihilipilification — [ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ:sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪ keɪʃ(ə)n] noun rare the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. Origin C18: from L. flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning at little value ) + fication … English new terms dictionary
floccinaucinihilipilification — The categorizing of something that is useless or trivial … Grandiloquent dictionary
floccinaucinihilipilification — /flɒksɪnaʊsɪnihɪlipɪlifəˈkeɪʃən/ (say floksinowsineehileepileefuh kayshuhn) noun (humorous) the action or practice of estimating as worthless. {Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili, all meaning of small value and listed in a rule of the Latin… …
floccinaucinihilipilification — /flok seuh naw seuh nuy hil euh pil euh fi kay sheuhn/, n. Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). [1735 45; < L flocci + nauci + nihili + pili all… … Useful english dictionary
Longest word in English — The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. In addition to words derived naturally from the language s roots (without any… … Wikipedia
