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Longest English Words

June 22nd, 2009

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. That is a 45-letter word. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it means “a factitious word alleged to mean ‘a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, specifically from a volcano.” A condition meeting the word’s definition is normally called silicosis and is marked by inflammation and scarring in [...]

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