idiocrasy

[id-ee-ok-ruh-see]

id·i·oc·ra·sy

[id-ee-ok-ruh-see]
noun, plural id·i·oc·ra·sies.

Origin:
1675–85; < Greek idiokrāsía, equivalent to idio- idio- + -krāsia, equivalent to krâs(is) mixture (see crasis) + -ia -y3; see idiosyncrasy

id·i·o·crat·ic [id-ee-uh-krat-ik] , id·i·o·crat·i·cal, adjective
id·i·o·crat·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Idiocrasy has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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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