prolonged episodes of excessive sleepiness often accompanied by overeating, hallucinations, and electroencephalogram changes, usually beginning in adolescence.
Origin: after German psychologist Willi Kleine (flourished 1925) and U.S. psychologist Max Levin (born 1901), who independently described it in the 1920s
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So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
given to using long words.
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.
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
given to using long words.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.