The longest word in the English language is the word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanconiosos. This is a word consisting of 45 letters. It refers to a disease which afflicts the lungs. It is contracted from the inhalation of volcanic ash. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is the title of a song from the classic film Mary Poppins. It is a 34-letter word. The song was written by Robert and Richard Sherman.
There is a word which comprises 30 letters. The word is pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. The longest non-technical word is floccinaucinihilipilification. This is a word which comprises 29 letters, and is defined as the act of estimating something as worthless.
The next longest word in the English language is the word antidisestablishmentarianism. It refers to a nineteenth-century movement in England. It was opposed to the separation of the church and the state. This word is followed by the word honorificabilitudinitatibus, a word comprising 27 letters which appeared in Love's Labour's Lost, which is one of the plays written by William Shakespeare.
There is a word which comprises 30 letters. The word is pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. The longest non-technical word is floccinaucinihilipilification. This is a word which comprises 29 letters, and is defined as the act of estimating something as worthless.
The next longest word in the English language is the word antidisestablishmentarianism. It refers to a nineteenth-century movement in England. It was opposed to the separation of the church and the state. This word is followed by the word honorificabilitudinitatibus, a word comprising 27 letters which appeared in Love's Labour's Lost, which is one of the plays written by William Shakespeare.
