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floccinaucinihilipilification

Syllabification: (floc·ci·nau·ci·ni·hil·i·pil·i·fi·ca·tion)
Definition of floccinaucinihilipilification

noun

  • the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.).

Origin:

mid 18th century: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning 'at little value') + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Latin Grammar used at Eton College, an English public school

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