honorificabilitudinitatibus
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thumb|right|300px|The word as it appears in the first surviving edition of Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost'' (third line)
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- Instance of
- hapax legomenon
- Author
- William Shakespeare
- Image
- Love's Labour's Lost - first quarto (1598) - page 47 - honorificabilitudinitatibus.jpg
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- Love's Labour's Lost
- Commons category
- Honorificabilitudinitatibus
- IPA transcription
- hɔnoːrɪfɪkaːbɪlɪtuːdɪnɪˈtaːtɪbʊs
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thumb|right|300px|The word as it appears in the first surviving edition of Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost (third line)
Honorificabilitudinitatibus (honōrificābilitūdinitātibus'', ) is the dative and ablative plural of the medieval Latin word , which can be translated as "the state of being able to achieve honours". It is mentioned by the character Costard in Act V, Scene I of William Shakespeare's ''Love's Labour's Lost''.
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