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sorcerer's apprentice

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
sor-cer-er's ap-pren-tice
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.

Derogatory

Etymology

Calque of French apprenti-sorcier, itself a calque of German Zauberlehrling.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Zauberlehrling

Usage

Inflected Forms

sorcerer's apprentices (plural)

Phrases

mad scientist play God

Frequently Paired Words

mad scientist play God

Questions

What does sorcerer's apprentice mean?
Person who experiments carelessly, without paying attention to the possible consequences of their experiments and without the ability to contain them should they spiral out of control.
Where does sorcerer's apprentice come from?
It is traced to German.

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