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Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:45 pm
by notbobsmith
Knowledgability
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:47 pm
by Rath Darkblade
There are no 16-syllable words in English, so I'll pick a French word. Like so:
le communications
*runs like hell to avoid being lynched for being a smart-arse*

Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:40 pm
by notbobsmith
Really? I found a bunch of 16-letter words.
But anyway...
Psychosomatically (17)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:00 am
by Rath Darkblade
Absentmindednesses (18)

Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 6:03 pm
by notbobsmith
Intellectualization (19)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:12 am
by Rath Darkblade
What does that word mean?
Anarchoindividualist (20)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 8:06 pm
by notbobsmith
Electroencephalograph (21)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2020 8:25 am
by Rath Darkblade
counter-revolutionaries (22)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 11:29 am
by notbobsmith
Overintellectualization (23)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:27 am
by Rath Darkblade
Overintellectualizations (24)

Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:49 pm
by notbobsmith
Antiestablishmentarianism (25)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:21 am
by Rath Darkblade
Antiestablishmentarianisms (26)
*runs like heck to avoid being lynched for being a smart-donkey*

Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 11:01 pm
by notbobsmith
Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27) (Wikipedia: Longest word in Shakespeare's works; longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels)
Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:34 am
by Rath Darkblade
antidisestablishmentarianism (28)
(It really is 28 letters, not 25)

Re: The Length of a Word.
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:55 am
by notbobsmith
Rath Darkblade wrote: ↑Thu Sep 10, 2020 2:34 am
antidisestablishmentarianism (28)
(It really is 28 letters, not 25)
The 25-letter word was Antiestablishmentarianism not Anti
disestablishmentarianism.
Floccinaucinihilipilification (29) (The act of regarding something as unimportant. A big word that kind of describes itself.)