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Alimentary
has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| 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. |
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alimentary
1610s, from M.L. alimentarius "pertaining to food," from L. alimentum "nourishment," from alere "to nourish, rear, support, maintain," from PIE base *al- "to grow, nourish" (see old).
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Medical Dictionary
alimentary al·i·men·ta·ry (āl'ə-měn'tə-rē, -trē)
adj.
Concerned with food, nutrition, or digestion.
Providing nourishment.
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