micropenis

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US/ˈmaɪkɹoʊˈpinɪs/

noun

An unusually small penis.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounmicropenis (plural micropenises or micropenes)

plural micropenises · plural micropenes · alternative micro-penis

  1. medicineAn unusually small penis.

    All men had micropenes and the women had irregular menstrual periods.

    2002 October, Ruth Riise, Kristina Tornqvist, Alan F. Wright, Kirk Mykytyn, Val C. Sheffield, “The Phenotype in Norwegian Patients With Bardet-Biedl Syndrome With Mutations in the BBS4 Gene”, in Archives of Ophthalmology, volume 120, number 10, Chicago, Ill.: American Medical Association, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 May 2022, pages 1364–1367
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    There aren't many men with micropenes and the ones there are tend to sublimate and concentrate on raising their low order chakras up their spinal columns (not sure how that works but apparently does)

    2001 December 29, hannahs date at the 88s, “[Story] Every Day a Holiday, Every Meal a Feast”, in alt.fiction.original (Usenet), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026

    The jury has heard claims that [Max] Clifford has a "micropenis" measuring two and half inches, while one woman told the court the publicist's penis was "enormous".

    2014 March 26, “Max Clifford's penis 'neither freakishly small nor enormous', lawyer tells court”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN

    Phenotypic visualization of concealed micropenes in OKA children. Observation of labia majora with a micropenis in place of the clitoris.

    2025 January 4, Bapio Valérie Elvira Jean Télesphore Bazie et al., “Genetic mos 46,X, idic(Y)(q12)[9]/45,X[6].ish idic(Y)(SRY+,DYZ3++,SRY+): A Case of Mixed Gonadal Dysgenesis in a Child with Cryptorchidism and Hypospadias from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso”, in Open Journal of Genetics, volume 15, number 1, [Irvine, Calif.]: Scientific Research Publishing, published 27 January 2025, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2025, page 4

    Up to 10% of people with Kallmann syndrome also have a “micropenis”; more prevalent symptoms are low or fluctuating testosterone levels.

    2025 November 13, Philip Oltermann, “Did Hitler really have a ‘micropenis’? The dubious documentary analysing the dictator’s DNA”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    When the histories of the Iran war and Donald Trump’s “Make America great again” (Maga) movement are written, there may be a special place for the words of former US congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene: “I wholeheartedly support Megyn Kelly telling the world that Mark Levin has a micropenis.”

    2026 March 22, David Smith, quoting Marjorie Taylor Greene, “‘Extremely ugly’: Maga media figures squabble among themselves over Trump’s Iran war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

    Synonyms: microphallus, baby carrot, baby cock, baby dick, dicklet, dickling, dicklit, clit

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn unusually small penis.

More synonyms by meaning

nounan abnormally small penis

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pes-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pes-ni-s
  7. Proto-Italic*peznis
  8. Latinpēni
  9. Englishpenis
  10. Englishmicropenis

From micro- + penis.

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Translations

Arabic صِغَرُ القَضِيب
  • صِغَرُ القَضِيب (ṣiḡaru l-qaḍīb)unusually small penis
Chinese Mandarin 陰莖短小 /阴茎短小
  • 陰莖短小 /阴茎短小 (yīnjīng duǎnxiǎo)unusually small penis
Finnish mikropenis, mikrofallos
  • mikropenisunusually small penis
  • mikrofallosunusually small penis
French micropénis
  • micropénisunusually small penis
Hindi अल्पशिश्न, सूक्ष्मशिश्न
  • अल्पशिश्न (alpaśiśna)unusually small penis
  • सूक्ष्मशिश्न (sūkṣmaśiśna)unusually small penis
Italian micropene
  • micropeneunusually small penis
Japanese 矮小陰茎
  • 矮小陰茎 (waishōinkei)unusually small penis
Polish mikropenis
  • mikropenisunusually small penis
Portuguese micropênis
  • micropênisunusually small penis
Romanian micropenis
  • micropenisunusually small penis
Russian микропенис
  • микропенис (mikropenis)unusually small penis
Spanish micropene
  • micropeneunusually small penis
Swedish mikropenis
  • mikropenisunusually small penis
Turkish mikropenis
  • mikropenisunusually small penis

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micropenis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropenis

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“micropenis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropenis. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micropenis,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micropenis.

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