matripotestal

[ma-tree-poh-tes-tl, mey-]

mat·ri·po·tes·tal

[ma-tree-poh-tes-tl, mey-]
adjective Anthropology.
of or pertaining to the authority exercised by a mother or a mother's blood relatives.

Origin:
matri- + potestal < Latin potest(ās) power + -al1
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Matripotestal 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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