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- noun humorous The quality of being
honourable .
Etymologies
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From Medieval Latin honorificabilitudinitas, ultimately from Latin "honor", honour
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"Dr. Murray points out in his notes to In-Infer that those who are interested in the length of words will observe that incircumscriptibleness has as many letters as honorificabilitudinity, viz.,
she commented on the word honorificabilitudinity
Honorableness.
OED says: Adapted from med.L. hon�?rific�?bilitūdinit�?s , a grandiose extension of hon�?rific�?bilitūdo, 'honorableness,' from hon�?rific�?bilis, 'honorable.' The L. abl. pl. hon�?rific�?bilitūdinit�?tibus has been cited as a typical long word, as well as hon�?rific�?bilitūdinit�?te before it, by Dante (De Vulgari Eloquentia II).
August 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word honorificabilitudinity
Yuck. Just goes to show that even Dante had bad days.
August 6, 2008
vanishedone commented on the word honorificabilitudinity
So De Vulgari Eloquentia incorporates a sort of Renaissance Wordlustitude?
What goes around...
August 6, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word honorificabilitudinity
So it could probably be translated as honorabilitifulness as well.
August 6, 2008
she commented on the word honorificabilitudinity
Or honorificabilitudinitifulness? *wince*
August 6, 2008