Zenzizenzizenzic is not in my conventional dictionaries, but it is in my compact OED as a sublisting under "zenzic," which is used in reference to numbers that are squares. Zenzicube is then the square of a cube (the sixth power). Zenzizenzizenzic thus becomes the eighth power of a number.
The word has not surprisingly faded from general use and is merely a historical curiosity, but it retains the distinction of being the English word containing the most letter Zs.
Credit to Word Journal, via Uncertain Times.
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