dwarfism
/ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.38 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Studies of disproportionate dwarfisms in animals have revealed the importance of core proteins an sulfation in the development of cartilage."
- "They didn’t find out I had achondroplastic dwarfism until a few months later. “Achondroplasia” is a word that haunted me in my childhood. I never wanted to hear it. It wasn’t who I was. I was not different."
- "Sure enough, they are hard to miss. As a non-binary trans drag queen with dwarfism, [Tamm] Reynolds must be in a minority of one."
- "Childish, childish to the core: that's why they're so good at nursing, they're arrested in a state of permanent intellectual dwarfism themselves!"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *dwergaz Proto-West Germanic *dwerg Old English dweorg Middle English dwergh English dwarf Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dwarfism From dwarf + -ism.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdwɔɹfɪzəm/
- British English: /ˈdwɔːfɪzəm/