Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cabinet of curiosities

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables: cab-i-net of cu-riosi-ties
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Wunderkammer.

Etymology

Calque of German Wunderkammer (“room of wonders”); cabinet is intended in the (obsolete) sense "chamber, private room."

Inflected Forms

cabinets of curiosities (plural)

Synonyms

Wunderkammer

Questions

What does cabinet of curiosities mean?: Synonym of Wunderkammer.
Where does cabinet of curiosities come from?: Calque of German Wunderkammer (“room of wonders”); cabinet is intended in the (obsolete) sense "chamber, private room."

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