floccinaucinihilipilification
noun [ U ] uk/ˌflɒk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌflɑːk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
藐视,蔑视(主要作为长单词的例子)
the act of considering something to be not at all important or useful - used mainly as an example of a very long word
The honour of being the longest non-technical word goes to floccinaucinihilipilification. 最长的非技术性词汇当属floccinaucinihilipilification。
- More examples
- Senator Jesse Helms used the delightful word "floccinaucinihilipilification".
- I used floccinaucinihilipilification in an essay once and the teacher wrote in the margin "I'm not giving you extra marks for this."
- The word "floccinaucinihilipilification" means "the estimation of something as worthless". It's an 18th-century coinage that combines four Latin prefixes meaning "nothing".