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| − | '''Honorificabilitudinitatibus''' [Hono-rifica-bili-tudi-nita-tibus] is the ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which means "the state of being able to achieve honours." It is used with this meaning by a comic figure named Costard in | + | '''Honorificabilitudinitatibus''' [Hono-rifica-bili-tudi-nita-tibus] is the ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which means "the state of being able to achieve honours." It is used with this meaning by a comic figure named Costard in William Shakespeare's play ''Love's Labour's Lost''. |
It consists of 27 letters and the longest word Shakespeare ever used.<ref>[http://www.rvahj.org.au/downloads/Custodes/Spring_06.pdf Custodes, Page 2]</ref> | It consists of 27 letters and the longest word Shakespeare ever used.<ref>[http://www.rvahj.org.au/downloads/Custodes/Spring_06.pdf Custodes, Page 2]</ref> | ||
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Honorificabilitudinitatibus [Hono-rifica-bili-tudi-nita-tibus] is the ablative plural of the medieval Latin word honorificabilitudinitas, which means "the state of being able to achieve honours." It is used with this meaning by a comic figure named Costard in William Shakespeare's play Love's Labour's Lost.
It consists of 27 letters and the longest word Shakespeare ever used.[1]
This word Shakespeare's appears in Act 5, Scene 1:[2]
- "I marvel thy master hath not eaten thee for a word;
for thou art not so long by the head as
honorificabilitudinitatibus: thou art easier
swallowed than a flap-dragon." - Costard, Love's Labour's Lost, Act V, Scene 1
