2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi. [1913 Webster]
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flocci — plural of floccus … Useful english dictionary
Floccinaucinihilipilification — (Audio|Floccinaucinihilipilification.ogg|listen American English: Audio|Floc.ogg|listen see below for more pronunciation possibilities) (or variously floccipaucinihilipilification , as described in You English Words by John Moore) is the act of… … Wikipedia
Floccinaucinihilipilification — ( anhören?/i) ist mit 29 Buchstaben das längste Wort in der ersten Auflage des Oxford English Dictionary und bedeutet Geringschätzung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Floccus — Floc cus, n.; pl. {Flocci}. [L., a flock of wool.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Longest word in English — The identity of the longest word in English depends upon the definition of what constitutes a word in the English language, as well as how length should be compared. In addition to words derived naturally from the language s roots (without any… … Wikipedia
floccinaucinihilipilification — /flok seuh naw seuh nuy hil euh pil euh fi kay sheuhn/, n. Rare. the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). [1735 45; < L flocci + nauci + nihili + pili all… … Universalium
floccus — /flok euhs/, n., pl. flocci /flok suy, see/, adj. n. 1. a small tuft of woolly hairs. adj. 2. Meteorol. (of a cloud) having elements in the form of small, rounded tufts. [1835 45; < L: tuft of wool] * * * … Universalium
floccinaucinihilipilification — noun /ˌflɒksɪˌnɒsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən,ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnaɪɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant. I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci nauci nihili pili fication of money. See Also:… … Wiktionary
Cortinarius purpurascens — Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
CREBRATA Tela — apud Plin. l. 11. c. 24. ubi de aranearum teils, Quam non ad haec videtur pertinere crebratae pexitas telae et quadam politurae arte, per se tenax ratio tramae: est tela dense texta et multô subtemine farta, quae res pexitatem floccorum facit.… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
