February192008
definition
Zen·zi·zen·zi·zen·zic
–noun
1. The zenzizenzizenzic of a number is its eighth power. This term was suggested by Robert Recorde, a 16th century Welsh writer of popular mathematics textbooks, in his work The Whetstone of Witte, published in 1557, although his spelling was zenzizenzizenzike.
The word is obsolete except as a curiosity; the Oxford English Dictionary has only one citation for it. It survives as a historical oddity.
2. Zenzizenzizenzic has more Zs than any other word in the English language.
