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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to public finance.
2.
of or pertaining to cameralism.
noun
3.
cameralistics, (usually used with a singular verb) the science of public finance.
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Cameralistic
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
Origin:
1755–65; < German kameralistisch, equivalent to Kameralist cameralist + -isch -ish1 (replaced by -ic)
1755–65; < German kameralistisch, equivalent to Kameralist cameralist + -isch -ish1 (replaced by -ic)
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