floccinaucinihilipilificatious en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnaɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃəs/
- /ˌflɒksɪˌnɒsɪˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃəs/
Etymology
From floccinaucinihilipilification + -ious
Meanings
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(humorous, rare) unimportant, worthless
In the main it is too general, and does not help beginners set up simulations, but instead makes possible a number of psuedo-authorities who can discuss it on their own terms, can claim that they have been doing it for years, then dismiss it as being floccinaucinihilipilificatious.
1970 September 1, P.J. Tansey, “Simulation Techniques in the Training of Teachers”, in Simulation & Games, volume 1, number 3, SAGE Publications, →DOI, page 301:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more floccinaucinihilipilificatious | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most floccinaucinihilipilificatious | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Relateds
floccinaucinihilipilificate · floccinaucinihilipilification
Synonyms
no-account · not worth a brass farthing · idle · mean · two-bit · trifling · tin-pot · not worth a penny · goodless · worthless · unweighty · inconsiderable · not worth a cress · inconsequential · drecky · not worth a dime · worth nothing · shand · trinkety · piddling · draffish · rubbishly · like a fart in a windstorm · good-for-naught · not worth a farthing · immaterial · unappreciated · of no value · pissass · invaluable · jabberwocky · crapalicious · ineffectual · putid · toshy · draffy · picayunish · shitty-ass · for the birds · scummy · not worth salt · paltry · scabbed · rubbishy · pissant · nothingburger · mouldy · minor · suckworthy · triobolar · junky · ticky-tacky · indifferent · trifling · picayune · futile · duffing · nought · chaffy · shitey · cocking · negligible · punk · simple · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · wutless · vain · naughty · miserable · slight · floccinaucinihilipilificatious · no good / no-good · unimportant · shit · cacky · no good · not worth hell room · nondescript · frivolous · fucking · piddly · blown · worthless · silly · not worth a Continental · strawlike · pissass · pointless · petty · for the birds · cruddy · valueless · not worth a cent · sixpenny · insignificant · valueless · not worth a curse · trivial · not worth a whistle · piteous · sorry-ass · mucid · null · base · pitiful · tenth-rate · foolish · bastardly · not worth a damn · ignorable · dreckish · screwy · wretched · contemptible · for the birds · not worth a nickel · two-bit · garbagey · not worth a plug nickel · nonvaluable · tripy · unvaluable · vain · shitstained · good-for-nothing · cullionly · meager