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lilliputian |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\ (l[i^]l`l[i^]*p[=u]"shan), n. 1. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's ``Voyage to Lilliput.'' 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. 2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Lilliputian adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" [syn: {Lilliputian}] 2: very small "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet" [syn: {bantam}, {diminutive}, {midget}, {petite}, {tiny}] 3: (informal terms) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling}, {little}, {niggling}, {piddling}, {piffling}, {petty}, {picayune}, {trivial}] n 1: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) 2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels [syn: {Lilliputian}]
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