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One of the most peculiar numeral words in English is "zenzizenzizenzic", which means "the eighth power of a number", as in "The zenzizenzizenzic of 2 is 256". It was used only once in English, in Robert Recorde's The Whetstone of Wit (1557). It is derived from an equally-obsolete "zenzic", which referred to the square of a number. It is the only English word with six Zs, and is thus, if I may be allowed to coin a term, hexazetic.

(http://phrontistery.info/numbers.html)

Then again, [livejournal.com profile] zenzic, but "zenzizenzizenzic" is 16 letters long and thus can't be a LJ user name. Aww.

Date: Sep. 13th, 2005 09:16 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] unseelie.livejournal.com
i forgot how much of a brain fetish i have

i may have to marry you now....

(blinks)

Date: Sep. 13th, 2005 09:25 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] starlightforest.livejournal.com
Just to be clear, I didn't write that, I only found it.,

Date: Sep. 13th, 2005 09:27 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] unseelie.livejournal.com
!nice save!

;-)

She's mine you cad!

Date: Sep. 14th, 2005 01:55 am (UTC)From: [identity profile] rainman1432003.livejournal.com
My dear, try http://www.astro.ufl.edu/~mikles/quotes/phyquotes.html for your amusement. ;^)

and...

Date: Sep. 14th, 2005 04:57 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] rainman1432003.livejournal.com
...http://www.gemini.edu/index.php?option=com_gallery

Re: and...

Date: Sep. 14th, 2005 05:47 pm (UTC)From: [identity profile] starlightforest.livejournal.com
squee!

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