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lang nebbit

adjectivequality

describes a long polysyllabic word

Applied to words that are long or polysyllabic; having many syllables.

Example in use

Da wurd's lang nebbit, I cannae say 't

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/LANG-NEB-bit/

Word snapshot

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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