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Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)

Meaning of pizzeria in English:

pizzeria

NOUN

A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.

Origin
Italian.

Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/
‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’

Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)
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Meaning of floccinaucinihilipilification in English:

floccinaucinihilipilification

NOUN

mass noun
rare
The action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

Usage
Floccinaucinihilipilification is one of a number of very long words that occur very rarely in genuine use. For more details see antidisestablishmentarianism

Origin
Mid 18th century from Latin flocci, nauci, nihili, pili (words meaning ‘at little value’) + -fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin Grammar.

Pronunciation /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
‘Humans are quick to partake in the floccinaucinihilipilification process, it has happened before and it will happen repeatedly until evolution explicates perfect men.’

Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)
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Psychophysicotherapeutics (ˈsaɪkəʊfɪzɪkəʊθerəˈpju tɪks)
This word is really tricky to pronounce because it has a lot of weird spellings in there and difficult sounds to make if you're learning English.

Psycho-Physico-Therapeutics (ˈsaɪkəʊ-fɪzɪkəʊ-θerəˈpju tɪks)
This word has an incredible 25 LETTERS!
And it means a type of medicine or health treatment. That treats both the mind which is psycho and physico the body. Psychophysicotherapeutics. therapeutics come from therapy is like a treatment when you're sick or when you need help with something

Psycho = Mind / Head
Physico = Body
Therapeutics = Therapy
Person 1 : Bro I just got Psychophysicotherapeutics (ˈsaɪkəʊfɪzɪkəʊθerəˈpju tɪks)
Person 2 : Wha-????
Person 1 : Psychophysicotherapeutics (ˈsaɪkəʊfɪzɪkəʊθerəˈpju tɪks).
Person 2 : WHA-
Person 1 : Psychophysicotherapeutics (ˈsaɪkəʊfɪzɪkəʊθerəˈpju tɪks)?
Person 2 : BRO. I THINK YOU'ARE GOING CRAZY
Person 1 : ???
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Meaning of supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in English:

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

ADJECTIVE

(also supercalifragilistic)
informal
Extraordinarily good; wonderful.

Origin
1930s apparently a fanciful formation based on super, popularized by the 1964 film Mary Poppins.

Pronunciation /ˌsu pəkalɪfradʒɪlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪalɪˈdəʊʃəs/
‘the only word to characterize Kepler's discoveries was ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’’
‘a supercalifragilistic day of fun’
‘Isn't it absolutely supercalifragilisticexpialidocious that Alan Shearer got a step closer to a trophy with Newcastle this weekend?’
‘Case in point: The supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Planetree Alliance.’
‘Although it misses the mark on a couple of occasions, I'm sure the families who are sure to flock to it in their thousands will find it to be just supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.’
‘Here's New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee with one of his inexplicably rejected cartoons, from last week's supercalifragilistic Rejection Show (which Diffee co-founded, along with cheerfully deadpan host Jon Friedman).’

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (ˌsu pəkalɪfradʒɪlɪstɪkˌɛkspɪalɪˈdəʊʃəs)
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Meaning of radioimmunoelectrophoresis in English:

radioimmunoelectrophoresis

NOUN

Medicine Biology

Immunoelectrophoresis carried out using radiolabelled antigen or antibody, typically followed by autoradiography.

Origin
1960s. From radio- + immunoelectrophoresis.
How to use Radioimmunoelectrophoresis (ˌreɪdɪəʊˌɪmjʊnəʊɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈri sɪs) in a sentence is still unknown.

Radioimmunoelectrophoresis (ˌreɪdɪəʊˌɪmjʊnəʊɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)fəˈri sɪs)
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Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)

Definition of adjective in English:

adjective

NOUN

Grammar

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Origin
Late Middle English from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.

Pronunciation
adjective
/ˈajəktiv/ /ˈædʒəktɪv/
‘Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.’
‘In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.’
‘Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.’
‘Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.’

Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)
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Parathyroidectomized (ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd)

Meaning of parathyroidectomized in English:

parathyroidectomized

ADJECTIVE

Surgery

That has undergone parathyroidectomy.

Origin
Early 20th century. From parathyroidectomy + -ized.

Pronunciation /ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd/
How to use Parathyroidectomized (ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd) in a sentence is still unknown.

Parathyroidectomized (ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd)
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