# Word with vowels in sequence

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [May 15, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-with-vowels-in-sequence/621978 "2012-05-15T09:14:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ardent1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@Ardent1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ardent1)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-with-vowels-in-sequence/621978/1 "2012-05-15T09:14:54Z")

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Besides facetious, the word is aerious denoting airy.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-with-vowels-in-sequence/621978/2 "2012-05-15T11:23:43Z")

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Welcome to the Straight Dope Message Boards, **Ardent1** , we’re glad you found us. For future ref: when you start a thread, it’s helpful to other readers if you provide a link to the column in question. Saves search time, and keeps us on the same page. In this case, I assume it’s: [What English word has five consecutive vowels? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/745/what-english-word-has-five-consecutive-vowels)

You might also be interested in this recent thread on the same topic:

> **[Five Vowels](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=390493)**
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> Re the column on five-consecutive-vowel words http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_237.html The OED also includes the word Rousseauian (influenced by the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau).

No biggie, you’ll know for next time. And as I say, welcome!