Trivia on Words!

       

Some of the words in English

 We have a long list of English words in the dictionary. Aside from their meaning, I want to look for something very interesting about the words. So I thought of reading trivia about it and I want to the trivia that most catches my attention. Here are just 10 words with their corresponding trivia:

1.  feedback - the shortest word in the English Knowledge that contains the letters "abcdef".
2. bookkeeper - the only English word that has three consecutive double letters.
3. euouae - a medieval music term, is the longest word in English that contains only vowels. It’s also the word with the most consecutive vowels.
4. unprosperousness - the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times. It means not wealthy or profitable.
5. The words "facetiously", "abstemiously", and "arseniously", each contain all six vowels in alphabetical order.
6. The word "therein" contains only seven letters, but it contains 10 words that can be formed using consecutive letters: the, there, I, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, herein.
7. "screeched", which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English.
8. There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
9. "floccinaucinihilipilification," is the longest word in English that does not contain letter “e”.
10. "dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

          It is really fascinating to have this kind of trivia, right? Well, there are many of these trivia in the internet that you could read on. Knowing the words well will definitely add up to your knowledge of the English language.

Sources: Language Trivia, English Language Trivia
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