Rus
Jan 24 2006, 12:32 pm
I heard this fact last night about the word which has the longest entry in the Oxford English Dictionary.
I was quite suprised when I first heard and then started listing all of the uses of the word I know.
Can anybody guess what it is?
Kay
Jan 24 2006, 12:33 pm
set (v.)
Keydeck
Jan 24 2006, 12:33 pm
Google says "Touch"
Jenny L
Jan 24 2006, 12:34 pm
Oh right- just misread the thread title. Sorry.
Rus
Jan 24 2006, 12:34 pm
Longest entry not longest word
Keydeck
Jan 24 2006, 12:34 pm
QUOTE (Jenny L @ Jan 24 2006, 12:34 pm)

Oh right- just misread the thread title. Sorry.
Still though, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is a cracking word
Pirulero
Jan 24 2006, 12:35 pm
longest word should be floccinaucinihilipilification...unless they've started indexing medical terms? longest entry...no idea...ok?
boomtown_rat
Jan 24 2006, 12:35 pm
QUOTE
who else knows?
who else cares?
Rus
Jan 24 2006, 12:37 pm
Maybe nobody cares but its an interesting fact nevertheless
Eleanor Rigby
Jan 24 2006, 12:38 pm
I can't stand the suspense . . . please, please tell us Rus!
boomtown_rat
Jan 24 2006, 12:38 pm
what Kay said (set)
Showem
Jan 24 2006, 12:39 pm
Kay should be right, although I would have not specified just verb use.
Keydeck
Jan 24 2006, 12:39 pm
QUOTE (boomtown_rat @ Jan 24 2006, 12:38 pm)

what Kay said (set)
And she appears to be bang on the money.
QUOTE
Longest entry: the verb ‘set’ (60,000 words)
askoxford.com
Rus
Jan 24 2006, 12:39 pm
Ok
Showem is correct!
The word is set but can be used as a Noun, Verb and and Adjective.
Kay
Jan 24 2006, 12:51 pm
QUOTE (Rus @ Jan 24 2006, 12:39 pm)

The word is set but can be used as a Noun, Verb and and Adjective.
I thought the entries in the unabridged OED were separate, but I don't want to quibble.
boomtown_rat
Jan 24 2006, 12:53 pm
yay Kay!
what's the definition of an 'entry' Rus?
Rus
Jan 24 2006, 12:53 pm
They are separate but it is the word Set that I was looking for not the specific entry
Pirulero
Jan 24 2006, 12:53 pm
Set as a VERB is the longest single entry...
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