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ensmallen

/ɛnˈsmɔlən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
en-small-en
IPA
/ɛnˈsmɔlən/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make smaller.

Humorous; Transitive verb

Etymology

From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɛnˈsmɔlən/
  • British English: /ɪnˈsmɔːlən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

ensmallens (present, singular) ensmallening (participle, present) ensmallened (participle, past) ensmallened (past)

Synonyms

debigulate

Antonyms

embiggen

Questions

How do you pronounce ensmallen?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛnˈsmɔlən/.
What does ensmallen mean?
To make smaller.
Where does ensmallen come from?
From small + en- -en, by analogy with embiggen. Attested from 2002. Logical antonym of "embiggen," a humorous neologism popularized by television writer David X. Cohen; see 1996 quotation.

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