floccinaucinihilipilificatio

Latinization of English floccinaucinihilipilification.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [fɫɔk.kiː.nau̯.kiː.ni.(ɦ)ɪ.liː.pɪ.liː.fɪˈkaː.ti.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [flot.t͡ʃi.nau̯.t͡ʃi.ni.ki.li.pi.li.fiˈkat̪.t̪͡s̪i.o]

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.

Third-declension noun.