lilliputian : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lilliputian	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Lilliputian adj tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" Synonym(s): bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck (informal) 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" Synonym(s): fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial n a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lilliputian \Lil`lipu"tian\ (l[icr]l`l[icr]p[umac]"sh[ait]n), n. 1. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's [bd]Voyage to Lilliput.[b8] 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.