Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epiphanette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: epiphanette
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small epiphanylike realization or insight.

Countable

Example Sentences

"... I would begin with some grand epiphanette like, "KC and The Sunshine Band wasn't as bad as you think," ..."
"... I had a small insight. An epiphanette, if you will."
"2016 Zina Nibley Petersen, "Deus Mea Lux Est: A Mormon Among Catholics," Dialogue, Volume 49, No. 1, pp. 109-118, Spring 2016. I have had questions resolved by overheard snatches of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and have had little epiphanies (epiphanettes, I call them) by recalling seemingly random song lyrics—they pop into my head fortuitously, and God and I share a chuckle."
"I was introduced to the word on a podcast where David Allen the author of, Getting Things Done, used it in the context of arriving at his current position. He said he had not had one big epiphany he would start one of the most successful business consultancy firms in the world, he only had small epiphanettes."

Etymology

From epiphany + -ette. First use in print may be by Tom Maurstad in a music review in early 1991.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: epiphany

Usage

Countable

Inflected Forms

epiphanettes (plural)

Synonyms

minipiphany

Questions

What does epiphanette mean?: A small epiphanylike realization or insight.
Where does epiphanette come from?: From epiphany + -ette. First use in print may be by Tom Maurstad in a music review in early 1991.

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