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/
Sesquipedalian and Triskaidekaphobia
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Bookworm360
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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?
P.S: is this the long-and-weird-but-wonderful-words thread?
2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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Here’s another: brachionichthyidae.
2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
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There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
I'm an ultradecrepidarian!TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
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TheDinosaurPlanet
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It's a fate of humanity, I suppose, to be ultracrepidarian-ish at times.KevinS wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pmI'm an ultradecrepidarian!TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
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There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
Perhaps, but I am an ultraDEcrepidarian. (Often misspelled as 'ultradecrepitarian.)TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:59 pmIt's a fate of humanity, I suppose, to be ultracrepidarian-ish at times.KevinS wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:54 pmI'm an ultradecrepidarian!TheDinosaurPlanet wrote: ↑January 19th, 2021, 12:50 pm Ultracrepidarian--That was a new one for me recently.
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TheDinosaurPlanet
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Ah. My mistake.
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There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
There is no Frigate like a Book
To take us Lands away
Nor any Coursers like a Page
Of prancing Poetry –
- Emily Dickinson
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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.
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.
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