Paleosiberian

[pey-lee-oh-sahy-beer-ee-uhn or, especially Brit., pal-ee-]

Pa·le·o·si·be·ri·an

[pey-lee-oh-sahy-beer-ee-uhn or, especially Brit., pal-ee-]
noun
1.
a group of languages comprising those languages of Siberia that are not affiliated with Indo-European, Altaic, Uralic, or Eskimo-Aleut and including the Chukotian family and the unrelated language isolates Ket, Nivkh, and Yukaghir; Paleo-Asiatic.
2.
Paleo-Asiatic (def. 1).
adjective
3.
of or pertaining to Paleosiberian.

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Paleosiberian has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
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.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.

Origin:
1910–15; paleo- + Siberian
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