[Ads-l] Antedating of a Very Long Word
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon May 19 17:22:04 UTC 2025
antidisestablishmentarianism (OED 1900)
1891 Aberdeen Evening Express 8 Dec. 2 (British Newspaper Archive)
For the time being, Unionism and anti-Disestablishmentarianism go hand in hand.
NOTE: This word's role in life has been almost exclusively as a claimant for the title of longest word in the English language. However, the 1891 citation suggests that the word's existence began as a non-stunt coinage.
Fred Shapiro
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