Definitions
Etymologies
- 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. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Or perhaps you have already realized the truth: like so many other grammatical concerns, this one is a nothing, a trifle, a batrachomyomachy.”
“After which grand tournament, to which that of Tottenham shall be but a flea-bite and a batrachomyomachy —””
“After which grand tournament, to which that of Tottenham shall be but a flea-bite and a batrachomyomachy -- ”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘batrachomyomachy’.
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The Collection
A somewhat discriminatory list of words and phrases collected for their euphonic or arcane appeal, interesting etymology, or concise definition of an otherwise unnamed phenomenon or concept.
ziggurat, neophilia, sucker punch, soporific, epoch, tundra, fiat, idiotproof, miscellany, metaphysics, cryptozoology, dysphoria and 850 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2014 more...
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EN - funny (single) words
"Fornication" is not equal to "formication".
Words with funny meaning, spelling or both.biffy, bibcock, barratry, bastinado, bezonian, bibliobibuli, bodewash, boeotian, boondoggle, borborygmic, bosky, brobdingnagian and 729 more...
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Lee's List
Words I like, and should try to use more often.
insipid, laconic, clandestine, quizzical, endeavor, sanguine, crestfallen, apocryphal, purloin, moribund, facetious, rancor and 67 more...
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Ridicule
Parody, satire, caricature.
batrachomyomachy, amphigory, pataphysics, filk, spoof, send-up, takeoff, piss-take, squib, satire, lampoon, pasquinade and 12 more...
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Fighting Words
Words that end in -machy.
cynarctomachy, alectoromachy, logomachy, monomachy, iconomachy, sciamachy, tauromachy, naumachy, gigantomachy, theomachy, psychomachy, batrachomyomachy and 6 more...
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Auditorily Pleasing Words
Words I like the sound of.
coinkidink, pugnacious, unilaterally, bombastic, canasta, poignant, absolution, flammivomous, batrachomyomachy, tittuppy, mimsy
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Writting
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casi's list
shanachie, batrachomyomachy, satanophany, librocubicularist, agelast, liming
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casi's list
Tweets
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