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re: vocabulary

According to the complete works of Shakespeare that I own,
honorificabilitudinitatibus (V.i.41) means "dative (or ablative)
plural of a medieval Latin word meaning "the state of being loaded
with honors"; "often mentioned as the longest word known""

Posted by Lysander on March 22, 1997 at 11:59:51
In Reply to "vocabulary" posted by Lm on March 21, 1997 at 18:37:43


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