Text Post: What's your favorite uncommon word? posted by 8mm
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  • Amulet (edited 8 years ago)
    +3

    Had to check the dictionary. :)

    mid 18th cent.: from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication.

    The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.

    Usage: Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use.

    • Wenjarich
      +2

      Haha, most people insist on it and then are surprised it is a real word. I have yet to meet someone who has simply taken my word for it. To be fair though, I didn't believe the person who told me so there is that :P This is why I love the word though. It so embodies what I love about the English language. It's like practicality is a side thought that those who built the language take into consideration only if said practicality is convenient to the situation.