Austroasiatic

[aw-stroh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -shee-]

Aus·tro·a·si·at·ic

[aw-stroh-ey-zhee-at-ik, -shee-]
noun
1.
a family of languages spoken in SE Asia and the landsaround the Bay of Bengal and consisting principally of Vietnamese, Khmer, Mon, Khasi, Nicobarese, and the Munda languages.
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to Austroasiatic.

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Austroasiatic has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

Origin:
1920–25; austro- + Asiatic
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