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Sesquipedalia
Do you love to use long words whenever possible or know somebody who does? Well, welcome to Sesquipedalia (Latin for "foot and a half" and used to indicate long words in general). Here you can find your favorite long words, as well as a few you may never have heard of, and now you can show them off to everybody else!
Click on any of the designs shown below to see that design on a wide variety of apparel and other merchandise, such a t-shirts, mugs, calendars, hats, etc.
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SesquipedalianDo you love to use long words whenever possible or know somebody who does? Did you know there's actually a long word to describe somebody who loves to use long words? It's sesquipedalian! |
Pneumono...coniosisPneumonoultramicroscopic- silicovolcanoconiosis (a disease caused by ultra-microscopic particles of sandy volcanic dust) may very well be the longest vocabulary word in English or any other language. |
AntidisestablishmentarianismAntidisestablishmentarianism may be the longest word in the dictionary and means "opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church". What a wonderful word! |
FloccinaucinihilipilificationFloccinaucinihilipilification used to be the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary and means "the estimation of something as valueless". What a wonderful word to know and show off! |
ArachibutyrophobiaArachibutyrophobia is defined as "fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth." Who knew there was a word for it? Makes a great gift for English teachers or anybody who loves long words. |
DefenestrationDefenestration is a wonderful old word that means "the act of throwing someone out a window." Don't you just love how there's a word for everything? |
AibohphobiaAll right, so maybe aibohphobia isn't a real word. If it were, however, it would mean "fear of palindromes" since it is spelled the same forward and backward. |
Tobacco Mosaic VirusThe chemical name for Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain, holds the distinction for being the longest word actually appearing in print as something other than an example of a really long word. |
CallipygianCallipygian is a wonderful old Greek word that means "of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks." So next time you're admiring somebody's badonkadonk, tell them they're callypigian! |
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