Word Study
lilliputian
CIDE DICTIONARY
lilliputian, n.
- 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]
lilliputian, a.
- 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.
--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, wizenedFor further exploring for "lilliputian" in Webster Dictionary Online