Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (word)

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis () is a word that was made up in 1935 by Everett M. Smith. She was the president of the National Puzzlers' League. Oxford Dictionaries says that it is the longest word in the English language. Oxford Dictionaries say that it means "an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust".

 Split up meaning 
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the English language. 
The word can be split:

 Pneumono: from ancient Greek (, ) which means lungs
 ultra: from Latin, which means beyond
 micro and scopic: from ancient Greek, which means small looking. It is trying to describe to the very small size of particles
 silico-: from Latin, silicon
 volcano: from Latin
 coni: from ancient Greek (, ) which means dust
 -osis: from ancient Greek, it is used at the end of a word to mean medical condition

Everett M. Smith created the word in the daily meeting for the National Puzzlers' League (N.P.L.). New York Herald Tribune  put the word as its title on 23 February 1935: "Puzzlers Open 103rd Session Here by Recognizing 45-Letter Word":

The word was also used in Frank Scully's puzzle book Bedside Manna. After this the N.P.L. wanted to put the word in famous dictionaries. The Merriam-Webster dictionary put in their dictionary in 1939.

In The Simpsons episode Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy the character Abraham Simpson (talking by Dan Castellaneta) says the word rightly and in the right meaning.

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Category:Long words