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† honorificabilituˈdinity Obs. rare—0.
[ad. med.L. honōrificābilitūdinitās (Mussatus c 1300 in Du Cange), a grandiose extension of honōrificābilitūdo honourableness (in a charter of 1187, Du Cange), f. honōrificābilis honourable. Cf. Complaynt of Scotland (1548–9), Prolog. lf. 14 b, Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 44, and Marston Dutch Courtezan v. (1605) H, where the L. abl. pl. honōrificābilitūdinitātibus is cited as a typical long word, as honōrificābilitūdinitāte had been previously by Dante De Vulg. Eloq. ii. vii.]
Honourableness.
[1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 24 Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachæa, their soueraigne Guiacum.] 1656Blount Glossogr., Honorificabilitudinity. Hence in Bailey, Ash, etc. 1800Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1801) IV. 147 The two longest monosyllables in our language are strength and straight, and the very longest word, honorificabilitudinity. |