![]() ![]() It’s not the longest word with alternating consonants and vowels, though. What’s neat about this word is that its vowels and consonants alternate. Unimaginatively has lots of vowels-eight in total, if you count the final y. ![]() If you are wondering about its meaning, it’s a musical term from medieval times. It’s the longest English word composed exclusively of vowels, and it has the most consecutive vowels of any word. 8Įuouae is six letters long, but all of the letters are vowels. It is also one of the longest monosyllabic words of the English language. Strengths has only nine letters, but all except one of them are consonants! This earns the word a Guinness World Record. This word set the record in the 1990s as the longest word “in common usage.” 7 Incomprehensibilities (twenty-one-letters): Mary Poppins described it as the word to use “when you have nothing to say.” It appears in some (but not all) dictionaries. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (thirty-four letters) Originally described opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England, but now it may refer to any opposition to withdrawing government support of a particular church or religion. 4Īntidisestablishmentarianism (twenty-eight letters): Ironically, floccinaucinihilipilification is a pretty valueless word itself it’s almost never used except as an example of a long word. The estimation of something as valueless. 3įloccinaucinihilipilification (twenty-nine letters): Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (thirty letters):Ī mild form of inherited pseudohypoparathyroidism that simulates the symptoms of the disorder but isn’t associated with abnormal levels of calcium and phosphorus in the blood. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (forty-five letters):Ī lung disease caused by the inhalation of silica or quartz dust. The longest words in English: 14 examples 1 ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |