Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: dwar-f -s-tand-ing on the shoul-der-s of -giants
IPA

55

Scrabble Score

35

Letters

8

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who discovers by building on previous discoveries.

Etymology

Calque of Latin nani, gigantum humeris insidentes.

Inflected Forms

dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants (plural) dwarves standing on the shoulders of giants (plural)

Phrases

stand on the shoulders of giants

Synonyms

pygmy placed on the shoulders of giants

Questions

What does dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants mean?: One who discovers by building on previous discoveries.
Where does dwarf standing on the shoulders of giants come from?: Calque of Latin nani, gigantum humeris insidentes.

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