Citations:hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian


 * 2012, Richard Lederer, Amazing Words: An Alphabetical Anthology of Alluring, Astonishing, Beguiling, Bewitching, Enchanting, Enthralling, Mesmerizing, Miraculous, Tantalizing, Tempting, and Transfixing Words, Marion Street Press ISBN 9781936863310
 * Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. This hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian word is the longest enshrined in Merriam  Webster&#39;s Third New International Dictionary and, since 1982, the longest in the  Oxford English Dictionary.
 * 1999, Paul Hellweg, The Wordsworth book of intriguing words, Wordsworth Editions Ltd ISBN 9781853263125
 * In a somewhat similar vein, Mrs. Byrne&#39;s Dictionary defines hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian as &quot;pertaining to a very, very long word&quot; — and  that&#39;s just what this chapter is about. We&#39;ll be taking a look at some incredibly  long words from a ...
 * 2010, Margaret Meikle, How Much Does Your Head Weigh?, Scholastic Canada ISBN 9781443100472, page 386
 * At 29 letters, we have floccinaucinihilipilification, the categorizing of something as worthless or trivial. • And at 30 letters, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, means  qualities which — quite appropriately — pertaining to a long word. What do you ...
 * 1987, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, London Charivari
 * His delightful The Game of Words and its sequel fairly teem with palindromes, clerihews, conundrums, spoonerisms, acrostic verses and outlandish words such  as hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian (pert, to a longer than sesquipedalian word).