English Explanatory Dictionary

batrachomyomachian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Petty (chiefly of a quarrel).

Word forms

batrachomyomachian more batrachomyomachian most batrachomyomachian

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.

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