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floccinaucinihilipilification

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拉丁语 floccus (一缕) +‎ naucum (琐事) +‎ nihilum (没有东西) +‎ pilus (毛发) + -fication

这显然是伊顿公学的学生们创造的一种戏谑用语,[1]由多个拉丁语词干所组成。该词的灵感来自威廉·莉莉(William Lily,约 1468-1522 年)在17-19世纪出版的各种版本的拉丁语语法教科书(包括《伊顿拉丁语语法(Eton Latin Grammar)》)中的一句话,[2][3][4]其中列出了一些名词常用的属格与一些动词,像是pendofacio的搭配,表示评价某物一文不值或如前所述:

Flócci of a lock of wool, náuci of a nut-shell, níhili of nóthing, píli of a hair, ássis of a pénny, hújus of this, terúncii of a fárthing, addúntur are ádded, peculiáritèr pecúliarly or véry próperly vérbis to verbs æstimándi of esteéming.”

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  • 国际音标(帮助): /ˌflɒksɪˌnɔːsɪˌnaɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən//ˌflɒksiˌnɒsiˌnɪhɪlɪˌpɪlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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  • 断字:flocci‧nauci‧ni‧hili‧pili‧fi‧ca‧tion

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floccinaucinihilipilification (不可数)

  1. (幽默) 把某事物看作毫无价值的一种行动习惯
    • 1741William ShenstoneLetters:
      I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money.
      我最欣赏他的,就是他对金钱完全不以为然的态度
    • 1970Patrick O'BrianMaster and Commander:
      There is a systematic flocci-nauci-nihili-pilification of all other aspects of existence that angers me.
      他们有系统地贬低生活中的所有其他层面,这让我感到愤怒。
    • 2000,Raymond J. Chambers,Logic, Law, and Ethics[1]:
      Floccinaucinihilipilification in accounting - does it matter?
      在会计领域中把一切都视为无价值 - 这样做有意义吗?
    • 2006,Sol Steinmetz,The life of language[2]:
      They must be taken with an air of contempt, a floccinaucinihilipilification of all that can gratify the outward man.
      对于那些能满足外在需求的事物,必须以蔑视的态度视之,将其全盘否定。
    • 2009,Judith Orloff,Emotional Freedom[3]:
      Some people with low self-esteem are prone to floccinaucinihilipilification, the habit of deeming everything worthless.
      一些缺乏自信容易养成一种习惯,把所有事物都看作毫无价值
    • 2011,Bruce Ratner,Statistical and Machine-Learning Data Mining[4]:
      The quasi statistician would doubtlessly not know how to check this supposition, thus rendering the interpretation of the mean profit as floccinaucinihilipilification.
      这位准统计学家显然不知道如何验证这个假设,因此对平均利润的解读变得毫无意义
    • 2012年2月21日,Jacob Rees-Moggparliamentary debates[5],第 787 列:
      Let me indulge in the floccinaucinihilipilification of EU judges and quote from the book of Amos about them.
      让我尽情地贬低这些欧盟法官吧,我要引用《阿摩司书》中关于他们的话。

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  1. Dot Wordsworth (11 June 2011), “Mind your language”,The Spectator,London:Press HoldingsISSN 0038-6952OCLC 1766325,存档自[ 原始网页]于
  2. R. R. (1641年) An Engliſh Grammar: Or, A plain Expoſition of Lilie's Grammar,London: [] Felix Kyngston []第 107 页
  3. Lilies Rules Construed, [],London: [] Roger Norton, [],1659年,第 54 页, 第 1 卷
  4. T. W. C. Edwards (1826年), “Syntaxis, or the Rules of Grammar Construed”,The Eton College Grammar: A Plain and Concise Introduction to the Latin Language, being Lily's Grammar Abridged, [],London: [] W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, []第 269 页
  5. David Shariatmadari (31 July 2017), “Want to sound cleverer than Jacob Rees-Mogg? Here are five long words to drop into conversation”,The Guardian,London:Guardian News & MediaISSN 0261-3077OCLC 229952407,存档自[ 原始网页]于:“Michael Bryan's use of "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" in a select committee meeting means floccinaucinihilipilification's reign – it has been a mere five years since Rees-Mogg said it during a Commons debate – is over.”

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