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How long is the the longest word consisting strictly of alternating consonants and vowels?
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The longest word consisting strictly of alternating consonants and vowels is 27 letters long.
That 27 letter word is honorificabilitudinitatibus.
It is a medieval word which translates to "the state of being able to achieve honours". It most famously appears in Shakespeare's work "Love's Labour's Lost".
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Do you mean Honorificabilitudinitatibus? It means the state of being able to achieve honors.It has a couple of distinctions: As it appears only once in Shakespeare's works, it is a hapax legomenon in the Shakespeare canon. It is also the longest word in the English language featuring alternating consonants and vowels.
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