Sesquipedalian and Triskaidekaphobia

raouf · Post by **raouf** » January 31st, 2006, 7:30 am

The meaning of these obscure words is:

Sesquipedalian: Long and ponderous; having many syllables.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2006/01/13.html

Triskaidekaphobia: Fear of friday the thirteenth
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive/2005/05/13.html

Don't think I will really use these in a real sentence but it is fun.
http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/

For those learning French, here is a gentle one:
http://french-word-a-day.typepad.com/motdujour/

Post by **hugh** » January 31st, 2006, 8:51 am

nice!

Bookworm360 · Post by **Bookworm360** » July 8th, 2020, 4:40 pm

Surprisingly, those are nothing compared to this stunner: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. It is the longest word in the dictionary that I know of. It is a lung disease caused by inhaling underground dust and is common in miners.
P.S: is this the long-and-weird-but-wonderful-words thread?

schrm · Post by **schrm** » July 9th, 2020, 10:58 am

it is now for sure!

Bookworm360 · Post by **Bookworm360** » July 18th, 2020, 2:12 pm

Here’s another: brachionichthyidae.

TheDinosaurPlanet · Post by **TheDinosaurPlanet** » January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm

Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pm

TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm
Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.

I'm an ultradecrepidarian!

TheDinosaurPlanet · Post by **TheDinosaurPlanet** » January 19th, 2021, 12:59 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pm

TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm
Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
I'm an ultradecrepidarian!

It's a fate of humanity, I suppose, to be ultracrepidarian-ish at times.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » January 19th, 2021, 1:27 pm

TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:59 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pm

TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm
Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
I'm an ultradecrepidarian!
It's a fate of humanity, I suppose, to be ultracrepidarian-ish at times.

Perhaps, but I am an ultraDEcrepidarian. (Often misspelled as 'ultradecrepitarian.)

TheDinosaurPlanet · Post by **TheDinosaurPlanet** » January 19th, 2021, 2:07 pm

KevinS wrote: ↑
January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pm

Perhaps, but I am an ultraDEcrepidarian. (Often misspelled as 'ultradecrepitarian.)

Ah. My mistake.

SonOfTheExiles · Post by **SonOfTheExiles** » January 22nd, 2021, 12:09 am

Arachibutyrophobia ... the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.

Globophobia ... The fear of balloons.

Novinophobia ... The fear of running out of wine.

Nomophobia ... The fear of being without your mobile phone.

Xanthophobia ... The fear of the colour yellow.

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia ... The fear of long words.

Omphalophobia ... The fear of belly buttons.