hydrotherapeutics

[hahy-droh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks]

hy·dro·ther·a·peu·tics

[hahy-droh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks]
noun (used with a singular verb)

Origin:
1835–45; hydro-1 + therapeutics

hy·dro·ther·a·peu·tic, adjective
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Hydrotherapeutics has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
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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hydrotherapeutics (ˌhaɪdrəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks)
 
n
(functioning as singular) the branch of medical science concerned with hydrotherapy
 
hydrothera'peutic
 
adj

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