The 12 Longest and Most Difficult Words in English 11/07/2008 in Read You think you have a good vocabulary? Try using these words in a sentence. As in “I totally screwed your mom in the hepaticocholangiocholecystenterostomies”. 1. Honorificabilitudinitatibu s This word has 27 letters which appears in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V, Scene I, which means “invincible glorious” or “Honorableness.” It is the ablative plural of the Latin contrived honorificabilitudinitas, which is an extension of honorificabilis meaning “honorableness.” This word was spoken by Costard in Shakespeare’s plays: O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon. 2.Antidisestablishmentarianism This is the best known long word which has 28 letters. It means “opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England” as explained in Dictionary. Specifically, it is the political philosophy that is opposed to the separation of the church and state. This term originated in the context of the 19th century Church of England, antidisestablishmentarians were opposed to proposals to remove its status as the state church of England. It has been quoted once by the BritishPrime Minister, William Ewart Gladstone, 1809- 1898. This word can be broken down as follows: ~ism………………..The philosophy of ~arian……………….those people who belive in ~anti…………………opposition to ~dis…………………..the removal of ~establishment…….The Church of England as the official state church
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