If you watched Mary Poppins as a child, you might quickly think of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (thirty-four letters). Mary Poppins described it as the word to use “when you have nothing to say.” It appears in some (but not all) dictionaries.
What is the longest word in the world that takes 3 hours to say?
METHIONYLTHREONYLTHREONYGLUTAMINYLARGINYL …
All told, the full chemical name for the human protein titin is 189,819 letters, and takes about three-and-a-half hours to pronounce. The problem with including chemical names is that there’s essentially no limit to how long they can be.
Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious a real word in the dictionary?
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as “a nonsense word, originally used esp. by children, and typically expressing excited approbation: fantastic, fabulous”, while Dictionary.com says it is “used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.”
What is the 189 819 Letter Word?
Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
The longest unchallenged nontechnical word that not all directories recognize, is floccinaucinihilipilification – the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless. Often times, it is used in good humor.
Is there a word longer than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.
What is the shortest word?
Eunoia, at six letters long, is the shortest word in the English language that contains all five main vowels. Seven letter words with this property include adoulie, douleia, eucosia, eulogia, eunomia, eutopia, miaoued, moineau, sequoia, and suoidea. (The scientific name iouea is a genus of Cretaceous fossil sponges.)
What is titin full name?
So what’s the word? Wikipedia’s says that it’s “Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl … isoleucine” (ellipses necessary), which is the “chemical name of titin, the largest known protein.” Also, there’s some dispute about whether this is really a word.
How do you pronounce Floccinaucinihilipilification?
floccinaucinihilipilification
- PRONUNCIATION: (FLOK-si-NO-si-NY-HIL-i-PIL-i-fi-KAY-shuhn)
- MEANING: noun: Estimating as worthless.
- ETYMOLOGY: …
- NOTES: …
- USAGE: …
- A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
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Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious a disease?
Mary gaily sings “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” which, when pressed by young Michael (Bobby Moynihan) and Jane (Casey Wilson), explains it is a very painful “disease of the liver.” A contagious disease only grown-ups get.
What does Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia mean?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia. … Instead, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is considered a social phobia.
What are the 5 longest words?
- 10 Longest Words in the English Language. …
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) …
- Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) …
- Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) …
- Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters) …
- Thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters) …
- Antiestablishmentarian (22 letters)
What is the 27th letter in the alphabet?
| Ampersand | |
|---|---|
| Alphabetical position | (27) |
| History | |
| Development | ET et & |
| Time period | c. 100 CE to present |
Is there a word with all 26 letters?
An English pangram is a sentence that contains all 26 letters of the English alphabet. The most well known English pangram is probably “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”.
What is the longest word for beautiful?
Pulchritudinous | Definition of Pulchritudinous at Dictionary.com.
How long is longest word?
The longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary is 45 letters long: Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis.
What is the longest word in the whole world?
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
Appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary, this 45-letter word for a disease is the longest English word that is defined in a major dictionary. It’s a technical word referring to the lung disease more commonly known as silicosis.