最長的英文字?

這一個是由細到大都覺得係最長既...
肺積塵
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

下面係關於最長字既wiki...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

2007-09-13 19:15:12 補充：
Major dictionariesThe longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a 45-letter word which refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine Silicon dioxide particles specifically from a volcano.

2007-09-15 17:01:22 補充：
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最長的英文單詞有1913個字母，它表示一段DNA序列代碼。“色氨酸合成份的蛋白質”（一種含有267種氨基酸) 化學名：]k2]V;

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另外還有一些很長的英文單字, 但卻不在一般生活上使用的到如:

1,honorificabilitudinitatibusf

這個字是由27個字母組成的。出現在大文豪莎士比亞的劇本「空愛一場」love's labor’s lost裡，意思是「不勝光榮」。a



2. antidisestablishmentarianisms

這個字是由28個字母組成的。根據範克和華格若爾斯編的「英語新標准辭」裡面的解釋9

，這個字的意思是「反對教會與國家分開學說」。它曾被英國首相格來斯頓william ewzP

art gladstone，1809-1898引述過一次。G



3. floccinaucinihilipipificationbn

這個字是由29個字母組成的。「牛津英文辭典」裡就有這個字，意思是「把某事的價值_6)

加以抹殺的行為或習慣」。.E02P



4. supercalifragilisticexpiadocious+Yy

這個字是由34個字母組成的。出現在一部名叫mary poppins的電影裡，意思是「好」。?5(M



5. hepaticocholecystostcholecystntenterostomy2w<

這個字是由40個字母組成的。出現在高德編的「醫學辭典」裡，為一個外科術語，亦即!d

在膽囊與膽管之間或腸子與膽囊之間接人工管子的手術。qhBM9



6. pneumonoultramicyoscpicailicovolcanoconiosisfBp',H

這個字是由45個字母組成的。出現在韋氏辭典第八版的版本中意思是「吸入矽酸鹽細末l0%?6.

或石英岩灰而形成的肺塵埃沈著病」。礦工特別容易得這種病。~LLk)



7. antipericatametaanaparcircumvolutiorectumgustpoops of the coprofied.A

這個字是由50個字母組成的。有個圖書館的書架上，陳列著法國作家拉伯雷著的「葛甘^fv-:K

塔和潘特古」故事系列。其中有一本，書名就是這個長長的英文字。}%Iw



8. osseocaynisanguineoviscericartilagininervomedullaryoRi

這個字是由51個字母組成的。它是人體構造一術語，曾出現在英國作家皮考克thomas lu'h.7:

ovepeacock,1785-1866那本名叫headlong hall的小說中。l#V



9. aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolieNL*4

這個字是由52個字母組成的。它是英國醫學作者愛德華.史特羅哲dr edward strother，TQ>Yr

1675-1737創造的字，專用來形容英格蘭格洛斯特夏布瑞斯陀這個地方的礦泉水成分。j&E"Y,



10.bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk*

這個字是由100個字母組成的。就出現在愛爾蘭作家喬埃斯james joyce,1882-1942作品1mR39 finneganswake的扉頁，象徵，代表亞當和夏娃的墮落。|aX



11.lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsanodrimhypotrimmatosilphioparaomelitokatakechymenokichlepikossyphophattoperisteralektryonoptekephalliokigklopeleiolagoiosiraiosiraiobaphetraganopterygon{;2$-

這個字是由182個字母組成的。它是從希臘字英譯過來的英文字，源出自希臘喜劇作家亞R

裏斯多芬尼斯aristophanes,448-385的劇本the ecclesiazusae中。它是指由剩餘的菜和,{=Z

牛肉函煮而成的辣味食物。