Is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia longer than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia longer than supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia: noun, fear of long words. String all these together, at 36 letters, and hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia means fear of monstrously multisyllabic words. 4. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: adjective, extraordinarily good; wonderful.
Is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the longest word in English?
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is one of the longest words in the dictionary — and, in an ironic twist, is the name for a fear of long words. Sesquipedalophobia is another term for the phobia.
What are the 10 longest words in the English language?
10 Longest Words in the English Language
- Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)
- Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
- Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)
- Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters)
- Thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters)
- Dichlorodifluoromethane (23 letters)
- Incomprehensibilities (21 letters)
What is the 2nd longest word?
electroencephalographically
In fact, most of the very long words in the dictionary are scientific terms: the second-longest word is electroencephalographically, which has 27 letters, and means ‘by means of an electroencephalograph’ (referring to a machine used to record brain activity).
