Sesquipedalia
SesquipedaliaDo you love to use long words whenever possible or know somebody who does? Well, welcome to Sesquipedalia (Latin for "foot and a half" and used to indicate long words in general). Here you can find your favorite long words, as well as a few you may never have heard of, and now you can show them off to everybody else!Click on any of the designs shown below to see that design on a wide variety of apparel and other merchandise, such a t-shirts, Coffee Mugs, bumper stickers, calendars, hats, etc. |
Sesquipedalian Do you love to use long words whenever possible or know somebody who does? Did you know there's actually a long word to describe somebody who loves to use long words? It's sesquipedalian! |
Pneumono...coniosis Pneumonoultramicroscopic- silicovolcanoconiosis (a disease caused by ultra-microscopic particles of sandy volcanic dust) may very well be the longest vocabulary word in English or any other language. |
Antidisestablishmentarianism Antidisestablishmentarianism may be the longest word in the dictionary and means "opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church". What a wonderful word! |
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Floccinaucinihilipilification Floccinaucinihilipilification used to be the longest word in the Oxford English Dictionary and means "the estimation of something as valueless". What a wonderful word to know and show off! |
Arachibutyrophobia Arachibutyrophobia is defined as "fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth." Who knew there was a word for it? Makes a great gift for English teachers or anybody who loves long words. |
Defenestration Defenestration is a wonderful old word that means "the act of throwing someone out a window." Don't you just love how there's a word for everything? |
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Aibohphobia All right, so maybe aibohphobia isn't a real word. If it were, however, it would mean "fear of palindromes" since it is spelled the same forward and backward. |
Tobacco Mosaic Virus The chemical name for Tobacco Mosaic Virus, Dahlemense Strain, holds the distinction for being the longest word actually appearing in print as something other than an example of a really long word. |
Callipygian Callipygian is a wonderful old Greek word that means "of, pertaining to, or having beautiful buttocks." So next time you're admiring somebody's badonkadonk, tell them they're callypigian! |
