long words
Preserved but no longer current.
"Honorificabilitudinitatibus," fa.v.) has often been called the longest word in the English language; "quadradimensionality" is almost as long, and "antidisestabhsh- mentarianism" beats it by one letter.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
Tatoeba sentence #11273440 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “long words” mean?
"Honorificabilitudinitatibus," fa.v.) has often been called the longest word in the English language; "quadradimensionality" is almost as long, and "antidisestabhsh- mentarianism" beats it by one letter.
Is “long words” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.