Use in Love’s Labour’s LostThe word is spoken by the comic rustic Costard in Act V, Scene 1 of the play. It is used after an absurdly pretentious dialogue between the pedantic schoolmaster Holofernes and his friend Sir Nathaniel. The two pedants converse in a mixture of Latin and florid English. When Moth, a witty young servant, enters, Costard says of the pedants:
O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words, I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.
If you enjoy rabbit holes, looking up honorificabilitudinitatibus will lead one further into the murky depths of literary analysis through hapax legomenon, Zipf’s law, & other statistical fun that I likely dozed through in college years ago.
There was a parody of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” called “Baron von Wolfgang Vulture”. He was a speed reading bird who was knocked unconscious when he hit a colon in the text at close to the mach neural limit of comprehension. :)
IIRC, the longest place name in the English language belongs to some village in Wales. I once saw a photo of the name on a sign on the town’s train station, but there’s no way I was gonna try to commit it to memory.
Ratkin Premium Member 9 months ago
I’ll wait for someone else to look it up.
syzygy47 9 months ago
James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake?
Dirty Dragon 9 months ago
♪♫ If you say it loud enough you’ll always sound obnoxious… ♪♫
Jayalexander 9 months ago
Antidisestablish_ish_ish……whatever.
Jayalexander 9 months ago
antidisestablishmentarianism
Sisyphos 9 months ago
I’s a very bumpy road for Monty, and probably filled with potholes, too. Don’t break a reading-axle, Monty!
Doug K 9 months ago
honorificabilitudinitatibus: The state of being able to achieve honors.
It’s used/spoken by Costard in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost.
Differentname 9 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.Org/wiki/Honorificabilitudinitatibus
Use in Love’s Labour’s LostThe word is spoken by the comic rustic Costard in Act V, Scene 1 of the play. It is used after an absurdly pretentious dialogue between the pedantic schoolmaster Holofernes and his friend Sir Nathaniel. The two pedants converse in a mixture of Latin and florid English. When Moth, a witty young servant, enters, Costard says of the pedants:
O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words, I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word; for thou art not so long by the head as honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier swallowed than a flap-dragon.
JOJODA 9 months ago
There you go Ratkin.
[Traveler] Premium Member 9 months ago
A graduate of the Evelyn Woodhead sped reding course. His comprenchon has increased 100 per cent
-Saint- 9 months ago
If you enjoy rabbit holes, looking up honorificabilitudinitatibus will lead one further into the murky depths of literary analysis through hapax legomenon, Zipf’s law, & other statistical fun that I likely dozed through in college years ago.
Skeptical Meg 9 months ago
It’s a fine word for the sesquipedalians among us. It’s also the longest word in the English language with alternating consonants and vowels.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member 9 months ago
Floccinaucinihilipilification or pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
Bobongo 9 months ago
Educational comments, all – read the funny pages and learn something!
Redd Panda 9 months ago
What kinda bus?
Out of the Past 9 months ago
This is why I say it’s just H when people ask my middle name.
Frank Burns Eats Worms 9 months ago
Every so often, Monty gets a long, hard one.
mistercatworks 9 months ago
There was a parody of “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” called “Baron von Wolfgang Vulture”. He was a speed reading bird who was knocked unconscious when he hit a colon in the text at close to the mach neural limit of comprehension. :)
Impkins Premium Member 9 months ago
Would somebody get Monty some crayons, already? :)
WCraft Premium Member 9 months ago
Read it in Kindle and all you have to do is highlight and select “Look Up”
Richard S Russell Premium Member 9 months ago
IIRC, the longest place name in the English language belongs to some village in Wales. I once saw a photo of the name on a sign on the town’s train station, but there’s no way I was gonna try to commit it to memory.
Archistoteles 9 months ago
Well, at least Finnegans Wake gave us the “quark”.