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lilliputianism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
lil-liputian-ism
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality or tendency of being very small.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of lilliputianism.

Uncountable

Etymology

From lilliputian + -ism; from the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Synonyms

minuteness tininess

Questions

What does lilliputianism mean?
The quality or tendency of being very small.
Where does lilliputianism come from?
From lilliputian + -ism; from the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

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