zead 2000
19-06-2010, 12:53 PM
The longest word in any of the major English language (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language) dictionaries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionaries) is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis), a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide) particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis). The word was deliberately coined to be the longest word in English, and has since been used in a close approximation of its originally intended meaning, lending at least some degree of validity to its claim.[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English#cite_note-p45-2)
The Oxford English Dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary) contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism) (30 letters).
The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is floccinaucinihilipilification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.
The Oxford English Dictionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary) contains pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism) (30 letters).
The longest non-technical word in major dictionaries is floccinaucinihilipilification (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.