from E-NED: from medieval Latin honōrificābilitūdinitās (Mussatus c 1300 in Du Cange), a grandiose extension of honōrificābilitūdo honourableness (in a charter of 1187, Du Cange), from honōrificābilis honourable. Cf. Complaynt of Scotland (1548–9), Prolog. lf. 14 b, Shakes. L.L.L. v. i. 44, and Marston Dutch Courtezan v. (1605) H, where the Latin abl. pl.honōrificābilitūdinitātibus is cited as a typical long word, as honōrificābilitūdinitāte had been previously by Dante De Vulg. Eloq. ii. vii (1599 - Nashes Lenten Stuffe - see below from E-NED) 1656 - Glossographia, Thomas Blount From: The Universal Magazine New Series. Containing Original Communications in History, Philosophy, the Belles Lettres, Politics, Amusements, &c. &c. Volume III, January to June, Inclusive, 1805 Singular Words P. 434 From: The Bee-Hive, A Musical Farce
By Charles Edward Horn, John Gideon Millingen, Pigault-Lebrun, 1811 Overture and Music Composed By Mr. Horn Act II, Scene I
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