microfiction

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noun

Fiction that has a significantly shorter than average length.

OriginEnglish fiction ← Middle English ficcioun ← Old French ficcion →
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Meanings

nounmicrofiction (countable and uncountable, plural microfictions)

plural microfictions · alternative micro-fiction

  1. uncountableFiction that has a significantly shorter than average length.
  2. countableAn individual work of this type.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
drabbleflashficflash fictionsudden fiction

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  7. Proto-Italic*θingō
  8. Proto-Italic*fingō
  9. Latinfingō
  10. Latinfictiō
  11. Old Frenchficcion
  12. Middle Englishficcioun
  13. Englishfiction
  14. Englishmicrofiction

From micro- + fiction.

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Cite this entry
APA

microfiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiction

MLA

“microfiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microfiction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microfiction.

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