dig·ox·in /dɪdÊ'ËÉ'ksɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dij-ok-sin] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation â"noun Pharmacology. a cardiac glycoside of purified digitalis, C41H64O14, derived from the plant leaves of Digitalis lanata and widely used in the treatment of congestive heart failure.
Lopadote... oh, I won't be posting it (will take up all of the space ), is, according to wikipedia, a greek word (ancient greek, to be exact), and, if asked, I could translate each part of this compound word individually, even though Wikipedia's already done it .
What I found to be an oxymoron, though - despite its being that intentionally, most probably - is a long word which I find easier to pronounce than other sesquipedalian words; hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which means the fear of long words.
Ah, and, not so accidentally, I mentioned oxymoron (not sure whether it would count as a weird word, but I think it's getting there), which can be used to describe an expression or phrase that contains meanings that contraddict each other. Also, I mentioned sesquipedalian, which, for anyone who didn't bother to check Wikipedia's article on hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, is used to express the incredible length of a word (Latin sesqui for one and a half, pes for foot, plus the suffixes -alis and -ian).
