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floccinaucinihilipilification
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(flocki-norsy-ni-hilly-pilly-fick-asian)<br><br>[noun] the action or habit of estimating something as worthless. (The word is used chiefly as a curiosity.)<br><br>Origin mid 18th Century, from Latin flocci, nihili, pili (words meaning 'at little value') + fication. The Latin elements were listed in a well-known rule of the Eton Latin grammar.
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