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单词 honorificabilitudinity
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honorificabilitudinityn.

Brit. /ˌɒnəˌrɪfᵻkəˌbɪlᵻtjuːˈdɪnᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɑnəˌrɪfᵻkəˌbɪlᵻt(j)uˈdɪnᵻdi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin honorificabilitudinitas.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin honorificabilitudinitas honourableness (13th cent. in British and continental sources) < honorificabilitudin- , honorificabilitudo honourableness (in a charter of 1187 in Du Cange; < honorificabilis honourable (7th cent.; < honorificare honorify v. + classical Latin -bilis -ble suffix) + classical Latin -tūdō -tude suffix) + classical Latin -itās -ity suffix.In a number of texts from the 16th and 17th centuries the Latin ablative plural honorificabilitudinitatibus is cited as an example of a very long word: compare Complaynt of Scotland (1548–9), Prolog. lf. 14 b, Shakespeare Love's Labours Lost (1598) v. i. 41 (see quot. 1598 at head n.1 1b(a)), and Marston Dutch Courtezan (1605) v. H. The Latin form honorificabilitudinitate (ablative singular) is similarly mentioned in Dante De Vulgari Eloquentia (c1305) ii. vii. Compare the following example of the Latin word in an English context:1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 24 Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachæa their soueraigne Guiacum.
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).
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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).
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