a fictional dish mentioned in Aristophanes' 391 B.C. comedy Assemblywomen.1 It is a transliteration of the Ancient Greek word λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματοσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττοπεριστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιραιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων. In one dictionary, it is defined as a "name of a dish compounded of all kinds of dainties, fish, flesh, fowl, and sauces".2
It is the longest Greek word, with 171 letters and 78 syllables. The transliteration has 183 Latin characters. It is the longest word ever to appear in literature, according to the Guinness World Records (1990).3
It is the longest Greek word, with 171 letters and 78 syllables. The transliteration has 183 Latin characters. It is the longest word ever to appear in literature, according to the Guinness World Records (1990).3
Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphiokarabomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon is a dish
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