The longest word in ENGLISH!

by கார்த்திநடராஜன் Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:14 pm

The longest words in Oxford Dictionaries Online are:

* antidisestablishmentarianism opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England - 28 letters
* floccinaucinihilipilification the estimation of something as worthless - 29 letters
* pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis a supposed lung disease - 45 letters

You're unlikely to come across these words in genuine use: they're generally just provided as answers to questions about the longest words in the English language. In terms of sheer size, however, the longest word to be found in Britain is the Welsh place name Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch. For obvious reasons, it's usually abbreviated to Llanfair PG.

The 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary includes other very long words, most of which are highly technical. These include:
* otorhinolaryngological - 22 letters
* immunoelectrophoretically - 25 letters
* psychophysicotherapeutics - 25 letters
* thyroparathyroidectomized - 25 letters
* pneumoencephalographically - 26 letters
* radioimmunoelectrophoresis - 26 letters
* psychoneuroendocrinological - 27 letters
* hepaticocholangiogastrostomy - 28 letters
* spectrophotofluorometrically - 28 letters
* pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism - 30 லெட்டர்ஸ்
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by **Manik** Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:16 pm

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The longest word in ENGLISH!

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