Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

batrachomyomachian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ba-tra-chomy-omachi-an
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Petty (chiefly of a quarrel).

Example Sentences

"...sounded throughout to my own ears as a Batrachomyomachian battle between the croaks and the squeaks..."
"The batrachomyomachian cure for the superhuman ego is to chop it off at the knees and cut it down to a human, preferably humane, level."

Etymology

From Batrachomyomachia (Ancient Greek βάτραχος, frog, μῦς, mouse, and μάχη, battle), a comic epic parodying the Iliad in which a diving frog accidentally drowns a mouse riding on his back, prompting a war between the species.

Inflected Forms

more batrachomyomachian (comparative) most batrachomyomachian (superlative)

Questions

What does batrachomyomachian mean?: Petty (chiefly of a quarrel).
Where does batrachomyomachian come from?: From Batrachomyomachia (Ancient Greek βάτραχος, frog, μῦς, mouse, and μάχη, battle), a comic epic parodying the Iliad in which a diving frog accidentally drowns a mouse riding on his back, prompting a war between the species.

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