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antibacchius
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an-ti-b
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kahy
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an·ti·bac·chi·us
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ˌæn
tɪ
bəˈkaɪ
əs
/
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[
an-ti-b
uh
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kahy
-
uh
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noun,
plural
an·ti·bac·chi·i
/
-ˈkaɪ
aɪ
,
-ˈkaɪ
i
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kahy
-ahy
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.
Prosody
.
a foot of three
syllables
that in quantitative meter consists of two long syllables followed by a short one, and that in accentual meter consists of two stressed syllables followed by an unstressed one.
Compare
bacchius
.
Origin:
1580–90;
<
Late Latin
<
Greek
antibákcheios.
See
anti-
,
bacchius
Related forms
an·ti·bac·chic
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ɪk
/
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,
adjective
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Antibacchius
has a plethora of syllables.
So is
sesquipedalianism
. Does it mean:
So is
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
. Does it mean:
So is
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
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.
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.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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