Today's second word: Honorificabilitudinitatibus
Honorificabilitudinitatibus is the ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which can be translated as "the state of being able to achieve honours".
27 letters, alternating consonants and vowels. It's the longest one.
Have you got any weird words to offer? win chocolate bar (small) if you answer with a good one I haven't heard of. :) I'll be honest.
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Friday, 11 September 2009
AN IDEA STRIKES
I'm a nerd, I like to learn new things. Particularly words. So, I'm going to try and get a new word up every day and see if I can educate y'all as to what it means. briefly. :)
Today's word: ogliomerization
In chemistry, an oligomer consists of a limited number of monomer units (ολιγος, or oligos, is Greek for "a few"), in contrast to a polymer that, at least in principle, consists of an unlimited number of monomers[1].
Many oils are ogliomers. :) Hope this is a good starter! ;P I'm gonna get worse, I can tell. Soon I'll be doing words like zenzizenzizenzicube *yes it's an actual word*.
Today's word: ogliomerization
In chemistry, an oligomer consists of a limited number of monomer units (ολιγος, or oligos, is Greek for "a few"), in contrast to a polymer that, at least in principle, consists of an unlimited number of monomers[1].
Many oils are ogliomers. :) Hope this is a good starter! ;P I'm gonna get worse, I can tell. Soon I'll be doing words like zenzizenzizenzicube *yes it's an actual word*.
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