8.07.2007

word of the day

floccinaucinihilipilification – the action or habit of estimating something as worthless (the word is used chiefly as a curiosity).

origin mid 18th century, from Latin flocci nauci nihili pili ("at little value")

The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Latin Grammar used at Eton College, an English public school.

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