honorificabilitudinitatibus

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin honōrificābilitūdinitātibus, the ablative and dative plural of honōrificābilitūdinitās (“the state of being able to achieve honours”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɒn.əˌɹɪf.ɪ.kəˌbɪl.ɪˌt(j)uː.dɪ.nɪˈteɪ.tɪ.bəs/, /-ˈtæ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑn.əˌɹɪf.ɪ.kəˌbɪl.əˌt(j)u.dɪ.nɪˈteɪ.tɪ.bəs/, /-ˈtæ-/, [-ɾɪ-] Hyphenation: hon‧or‧if‧ic‧a‧bil‧i‧tu‧din‧it‧a‧ti‧bus === Noun === honorificabilitudinitatibus (uncountable) (chiefly humorous, obsolete, rare) The state of being able to achieve honours; honourableness. Synonym: honorificabilitudinity Used as a person's title or the name of a thing meaning "honourable one", or simply as a very long word to indicate prolixity. ==== Related terms ==== honorificabilitudinity ==== Translations ==== ==== Trivia ==== The word is said to be the longest word in Shakespeare’s works, and the longest word in the English language which has alternating consonants and vowels. === References === === Further reading === honorificabilitudinitatibus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia James Hutton (June 1931), “Honorificabilitudinitatibus”, in The Modern Language Review, volume 46, number 6, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Modern Humanities Research Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 392–395. Michael Quinion (created June 15, 2002, last updated April 16, 2011), “Honorificabilitudinitatibus”, in World Wide Words. “Honorificabilitudinitatibus”, in Oxford Reference‎[2], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 13 October 2021 (last accessed), archived from the original on 13 October 2021. == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hɔ.noː.rɪ.fɪ.kaː.bɪ.lɪ.tuː.dɪ.nɪˈtaː.tɪ.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [o.no.ri.fi.ka.bi.li.tu.di.niˈtaː.ti.bus] === Noun === honōrificābilitūdinitātibus dative/ablative plural of honōrificābilitūdinitās