by Smart dude lol January 30, 2009
Get the Floccinaucinihilipilificationmug. The action or habit of estimating something as worthless, but used chiefly as a curiosity word (bet you can't guess why ;). Floccinaucinihilipilification takes its meaning from a bunch of Latin words meaning 'worthless'. It is said that a Latin student was trying to prove a point, and he strung them all together to make the word floccinaucinihilipilification.
This whole thing is floccinaucinihilipilification.
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by degenerate_degenerate September 27, 2022
Get the Floccinaucinihilipilificationmug. A really long word that you think is fake but is actually a real word (it means estimating something as worthless)
by eysilerab August 7, 2025
Get the floccinaucinihilipilificationmug. Floccinaucinihilipilification is the act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value, or of being worthless.
The critic's review was filled with floccinaucinihilipilification, belittling every aspect of the author's hard work.
by TragicNovember July 6, 2024
Get the Floccinaucinihilipilificationmug. 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/
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)
Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)
by ANCIENT_WOLFY January 19, 2022
Get the Floccinaucinihilipilification (ˌflɒksɪˌnɔ sɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n)mug.