floccinaucinihilipilificatio

Latin

Etymology

Latinization of English floccinaucinihilipilification.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /flok.kiː.nau̯.kiː.ni.hi.liː.pi.liː.fiˈkaː.ti.oː/, [fɫ̪ɔkːiːnäu̯kiːni(ɦ)ɪlʲiːpɪlʲiːfɪˈkäːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flot.t͡ʃi.nau̯.t͡ʃi.ni.i.li.pi.li.fiˈkat.t͡si.o/, [flotː͡ʃinäu̯t͡ʃiniːlipilifiˈkät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiō f (genitive floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnis); third declension

1. (New Latin, humorous) floccinaucinihilipilification
   • 1963, Harry C. Schnur, “In Stultitiam Satura”, in Carmina certaminis poetici Hoeufftiani‎^[1], page 68:

     floccinaucinihilipilificatio – locutio Plautina qua, meo quidem iudicio, nimis raro utimur.

     floccinaucinihilipilificatio – a Plautian word which, in my opinion, we use too seldom.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiō	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnēs
genitive	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnis	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnum
dative	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnī	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnibus
accusative	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnem	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnēs
ablative	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōne	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnibus
vocative	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiō	floccīnaucīnihilīpilīficātiōnēs