floccinaucinihilipilification
English
/ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnaɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- (often) The act or habit of describing or regarding something as unimportant, of having no value or being worthless.
Etymology
Compound from Latin floccus (tuft of wool, piece of wool, a wisp, flock) + Latin naucum (a trifle)+ Latin nihilum (nothing)+ Latin pilus (hair, a hair).
Origin
Latin
pilus
Gloss
hair, a hair
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
髪
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epilate English
- floc English
- floccus English
- pilar English
- piliferous English
- piligerous English
- pilo- English
- pilocyte English
- pilus English
- floccosus Latin
- floccus Latin
- hilum Latin
- naucum Latin
- nihilum Latin
- pilaris Latin
- pilosus Latin
- pilus Latin
- pilāre Latin
- fiocco Italian
- pelo Italian
- floc French
- flocon French
- peluche French
- épiler French
- fleco Spanish, Castilian
- pelo Spanish, Castilian
- *bʰlok- Proto-Indo-European
- *pil- Proto-Indo-European
- floco Portuguese
- flosche Old French
- peil Old French
- floc Catalan, Valencian
- pèl Catalan, Valencian
- pelo Galician
- floc Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- păr Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- floccho Old High German
- flok Albanian
- pelejar Old Portuguese
- per Aromanian
- pelu Asturian
- pêl Friulian
- *flokkō Frankish
- pila Sicilian
- péło Venetian
- floc Dalmatian
- pail Dalmatian
- poil Bourguignon
- pilu Sardinian
- cioccà Neapolitan
- pelo Neapolitan