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"Two, if you please; but you must not seem to care for them -- cigars in loads, whisky in lashings; but they must be taken with an air of contempt, a _floccipaucinihilipilification_ of all that can gratify the outward man."
The Journal of Sir Walter Scott From the Original Manuscript at Abbotsford Walter Scott 1801
cordialcactus commented on the word floccipaucinihilipilification
definition: floccipaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating as worthless. Flocci, pauci, nihili, all mean "of little value"
September 12, 2007
john commented on the word floccipaucinihilipilification
Ah, thank you. At first I thought it was maybe a drug, or some kind of bacilli :-)
September 12, 2007
smeggo commented on the word floccipaucinihilipilification
Bah, I'll never use it.
October 10, 2008
linlal commented on the word floccipaucinihilipilification
It's only not a Scrabble word because it has more than 15 letters - a fault of the Scrabble board, not the word.
Another definition is denigration or belittling.
August 22, 2011
heypacksees commented on the word floccipaucinihilipilification
A variant of floccinaucinihilipilification.
October 30, 2014