| 词汇 | floccinaucinihilipilification |
| 释义 | floccinaucinihilipilification noun[ U ] uk /ˌflɒk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌflɑːk.sɪ.nɔː.sɪ.nɪ.hɪl.ɪ.pɪl.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ the act of considering something to be not at all important or useful - used mainly as an example of a very long word: 藐视，蔑视（主要作为长单词的例子） The honour of being the longest non-technical word goes to floccinaucinihilipilification.最长的非技术性词汇当属floccinaucinihilipilification。 Senator Jesse Helms used the delightful word "floccinaucinihilipilification". I used floccinaucinihilipilification in an essay once and the teacher wrote in the margin "I'm not giving you extra marks for this." The word "floccinaucinihilipilification" means "the estimation of something as worthless". It's an 18th-century coinage that combines four Latin prefixes meaning "nothing". Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere merely picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Useless and futile Linguistics: terminology & vocabulary |
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