Lizet Elaine (simplyn2deep) wrote in 1_million_words,
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Word of the Day 06/22/15 Floccinaucinihilipilification

Floccinaucinihilipilification (noun)
[flok-suh-naw-suh-nahy-hil-uh-pil-uh-fi-key-shuh n]

noun
1. Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

Origin: 1735-45; < Latin flocci + nauci + nihili + pili all meaning “of little or no value, trifling” + -fication

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