There are only four words in the English language which end in “dous”:
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous.
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Before the English speaking world was exposed to the fruit, the color orange was referred to as “geoluhread” which is Old English for red-yellow.
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The word 'Indiana' is Native American for 'Land of the Indians', yet less than 16,000 Native Americans live there.
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The longest word in the English language is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses!
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The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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The word "gorilla" comes from a Greek word that means "a tribe of hairy women".
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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