English [ edit ]

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Etymology [ edit ]

Dative and ablative plural of Medieval Latin honōrificābilitūdinitās, from Latin honōrificāre (“to honor”) + -bilitās (“-ability”) (with a redundant -tūdō (“-itude”) infixed).

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /ˌɒn.əˌɹɪf.ɪ.kəˌbɪl.ɪˌt(j)uː.dɪ.nɪˈteɪ.tɪ.bəs/ , /-ˈtæt.ɪ.bəs/

: , Hyphenation: hon‧or‧if‧ic‧a‧bil‧i‧tu‧din‧it‧a‧ti‧bus

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Noun [ edit ]

honorificabilitudinitatibus (uncountable)

the state of being able to achieve honors ( figurative ) a sesquipedalian word; verbal prolixity 1598 , William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost : O, they have lived long on the alms-basket of words. 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.

, William Shakespeare, : 1599 , Thomas Nashe, Lenten Stuffe : Physitions deafen our eares with the Honorificabilitudinitatibus of their heauenly Panachea, their soueraine Ginacum.

, Thomas Nashe, : 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses: Like John o'Gaunt his name is dear to him, as dear as the coat and crest he toadied for, on a bend of sable a spear or steeled argent, honorificabilitudinitatibus, dearer than his glory of greatest shakescene in the country.

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Noun [ edit ]

honōrificābilitūdinitātibus