English Explanatory Dictionary

microfiction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fiction that has a significantly shorter than average length.
  2. An individual work of this type.

Word forms

microfiction microfictions micro-fiction

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰi-né-ǵʰ-ti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English microfiction From micro- + fiction.

Related words

drabble flashfic flash fiction short short story sudden fiction
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