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Lexicographer
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| 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. |
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lexicographer
1650s, from Fr. lexicographe "lexicographer," from Gk. lexikographos, from lexikon "wordbook" (see lexicon) + -graphos "writer," from graphein "to write." Related: Lexicography; lexicographic.
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