floccinaucinihilipilification in a sentence....

i heard that this was the longest word in OED at one time....so was curious to know how one can use it anywhere....Has this word been used by any famous author?

awaiting ur replies

tuhin

Quinion's article on floccinaucinihilipilification
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-flo2.htm quotes the word's earliest known use by William Shenstone and a recent use by Jesse Helms, neither of whom, I think, would come on anyone's list of the 100 most famous writers.

unfortunately the firewall of my organisation blocks this website....so un fortunately i will have to wait for a few days until i am able to check the usage...

maybe this will work for you; it also contains a quote by Sir Walter Scott.

Has anyone said it in a sentence?

do geico commercials count?

As hearsay, if you say.

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Has anyone said it in a sentence?

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the Jessie Helms quote was supposedly expounded in the Halls of Congress.