Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lilliputian vision

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English

Syllables: lil-liputian vi-sion
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear smaller or more distant than they are; micropsia.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Lilliputian vision (micropsia) denotes an apparent diminution, and Brobdingnagian vision (macropsia) an apparent enlargement, in the size of objects, although the terms may also be used to denote the apparent approach or recession of the visual world"

Etymology

Compound of Lilliputian + vision; ultimately from Lilliput, a fictional land of tiny people in Gulliver's Travels.

Usage

Uncountable

Antonyms

Brobdingnagian vision

Questions

What does lilliputian vision mean?: A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear smaller or more distant than they are; micropsia.
Where does lilliputian vision come from?: Compound of Lilliputian + vision; ultimately from Lilliput, a fictional land of tiny people in Gulliver's Travels.

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