floccinaucinihilipilificatio

Latin

Etymology

Latinization of English floccinaucinihilipilification.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /flok.kiː.nau̯.kiː.ni.hi.liː.pi.liː.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [fɫ̪ɔkːiːnäu̯kiːni(ɦ)ɪlʲiːpɪlʲiːfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /flot.t͡ʃi.nau̯.t͡ʃi.ni.i.li.pi.li.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [flotː͡ʃinäu̯t͡ʃiniːlipilifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiō f (genitive floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnis); third declension

  1. (New Latin, humorous) floccinaucinihilipilification
    • 1963, Harry C. Schnur, “In Stultitiam Satura”, in Carmina certaminis poetici Hoeufftiani‎, page 68:
      floccinaucinihilipilificatio – locutio Plautina qua, meo quidem iudicio, nimis raro utimur.
      floccinaucinihilipilificatio – a Plautian word which, in my opinion, we use too seldom.

Declension

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