单词 | honorificabilitudinity |
释义 | honorificabilitudinityn. Honourableness.Now rare in regular usage, but frequently cited as an example of an unusually long word, or (incorrectly) as the longest word in the English language. Sometimes with reference to Shakespeare's use of the Latin word (see etymology). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [noun] worshipeOE worthOE dignity?c1225 worthsc1225 mund?c1250 pricea1325 worthfulheada1325 valourc1330 dignesse1399 value?a1400 honesty1418 worthiheadc1425 honourabilityc1426 worthihood?1457 sadnessa1513 honourableness1553 respect1567 worshipfulty1589 ingenuity1598 creditableness1647 honorificabilitudinity1656 worshipfulness1663 reputability1792 creditability1805 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Honorificabilitudinity, honorableness. [Also in later dictionaries]. 1785 T. Holcroft Choleric Fathers ii. 38 This vast honorificabilitudinity Commands my esteem! 1800 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1801) 4 147 The two longest monosyllables in our language are strength and straight, and the very longest word, honorificabilitudinity. 1823 J. Lunn Horæ Jocosæ 43 No honorificabilitudinity Or wealth could suffice To content her. 1908 Denver Med. Times & Utah Med. Jrnl. Jan. 345 Long words (of which the longest is honorificabilitudinity, latinized by Shakespeare). 2005 Province (Vancouver, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 15 Mar. a20 Students might consider the old-fashioned spelling bee as nothing more than floccinaucinihilipilification. Well, we see it more as an act of honorificabilitudinity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1656 |
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