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epyllion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
epyl-lion
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A "little epic".

Literary

noun

A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme.

Literary

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπύλλιον (epúllion). The term was first used in the nineteenth century.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *wekʷ-, ἐπύλλιον

Usage

Inflected Forms

epyllia (plural) epyllions (plural)

Questions

What does epyllion mean?
A "little epic".
Where does epyllion come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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