Middle English, fromalong(on) because (of) First Known Use Adjective before the 12th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1a Adverb before the 12th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined atsense 1 ...
Our word of the day is back.Strengths, with nine letters, is the longest word in English with only one vowel. A fairly close rival isschnapps, which has eight letters; so let’s raise a glass to it, and to all of the long words we’ve met today, and say ‘cheers’. Which of ...
If you are wondering about its meaning, it’s a musical term from medieval times. 9 Unimaginatively Unimaginatively has lots of vowels—eight in total, if you count the final y. What’s neat about this word is that its vowels and consonants alternate. It’s not the longest word with ...
Strengthsis another smaller word with a big achievement under its belt. It is the longest English word with only a single vowel in it. Considering it is only eight letters long, that really shows you how much we value our vowels. The pluralstrengthsis most often used to mean “positive ...
Let’s start off with a word related to the business of “longest words.” Sesquipedalianism is the tendency to use long words. Do you have sesquipedalian tendencies? (We do.) The word is traced to the ancient Roman poet Horace, who in a treatise on the art of poetry, wrote that in ...
This is the chemical name of titin, the largest known protein. While it is not in the English dictionary for obvious reasons (because it would take up too much room to print), it is in a scientific periodic table meaning it is an official word....
The classic longestGerman wordisDonaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän, clocking in with 42 letters. In English, it becomes four words: "Danube steamship company captain." However, it's not the only super long word in the German language and, technically, it's not even the longest. ...
So the German word “Schmetterling” may not match the pretty looks of the butterfly, but it does match its hidden power. That’s the true beauty of the German language. Its words are packed with subtle meaning. That makes it so precise and powerful. ...
A second way languages can be hard is with sounds and distinctions that do not exist in the learner's language. To an English-speaker, the novelties include the clicks of many African languages. 2 Mandarin and Cantonese have tones, meaning ma with an even pitch and ma with a falling one...
Ghost Word From 1932 to 1940, due to an error, there was a ghost word in the dictionary that has no meaning. The word was dord. Oldest Word Town is the oldest word in the English language; strengths is the longest word with just a single vowel; dreamt is the only word that ends ...