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The word mamihlapinatapai is derived from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the "most succinct word", and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It has been translated as "a look that without words is shared by two people who want to initiate something, but that neither will ...
The longest word typable by alternating left and right hands is antiskepticism. [32] On a Dvorak keyboard, the longest "left-handed" words are epopoeia, jipijapa, peekapoo, and quiaquia. [36] Other such long words are papaya, Kikuyu, opaque, and upkeep. [37]
This word, whencesoever it comes, is often mentioned as the longest word known. [61] Commenting on this, antiquarian Joseph Hunter wrote in 1845: This Dr. Johnson calls a word, and says that "it is the longest word known." This is a very extraordinary hallucination of a mind so accustomed to definition as his was, and so apt to form definitions ...
The ancient Greeks came up with seven different words for the types of love. Experts break down what they mean and how to foster the types of love in your life. Yup, There Are A Total Of *Seven ...
Anyone versed in their Mary Poppins can define this for themselves, but according to Oxford the fanciful adjective means “extraordinarily good.” The longest non-coined, non-technical word ...
Agape (ἀγάπη, agápē [1]) means, when translated literally, affection, as in "greet with affection" and "show affection for the dead". [2] The verb form of the word "agape" goes as far back as Homer. In a christian context, agape means "love: esp. unconditional love, charity; the love of God for person and of person for God". [3]
Here, a list of baby names that mean love from cultures all around the world. Read on and you’re sure to find a name that’s just right for your newborn, whether you’re looking for a rare ...
The longest dictionary form word is the word megszentségtelenített, with 21 characters (although it ultimately derives from the word szent meaning: "saint" or "sacred"), and it means "desecrated" or "profaned".