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lilliputian

 : 
Adjective, Noun
 : 
Lil=li=pu=tian

CIDE DICTIONARY

lilliputiann. 
  •  One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's “Voyage to Lilliput” or “Gulliver's Travels”.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A person or thing of very small size.  [1913 Webster]
lilliputiana. 
  •  Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lilliputian, n. & adj.
--n. a diminutive person or thing.
--adj. diminutive.

Etymology
Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels

THESAURUS

lilliputian

Tom Thumb, brownie, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elf, elfin, gnome, homunculus, incipient, manikin, meager, midge, midget, nanoid, peewee, pip-squeak, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runt, runty, scraggy, scrubby, shrimp, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken, squat, stunted, undersize, undersized, wart, wizened

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