Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A very small person or being.
- adj. Very small; diminutive.
- adj. Trivial; petty.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to Lilliput, an imaginary kingdom described in Swift's “Travels of Lemuel Gulliver,” or to its people, feigned to be pygmies about six inches high.
- Hence Of minute size.
- n. An inhabitant of the imaginary kingdom of Lilliput.
- n. A person of diminutive size; a very small dwarf.
Wiktionary
- n. Alternative form of lilliputian.
- adj. Alternative form of lilliputian.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's “Voyage to Lilliput” or “Gulliver's Travels”.
- n. A person or thing of very small size.
- adj. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
- adj. Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- adj. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
- adj. very small
- n. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
- adj. (informal) small and of little importance
Etymologies
- After Lilliput, a country in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, where everything was diminutive. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“They therefore present what he calls a Lilliputian challenge to unguided Darwinism; if he is right, they present it with a Gargantuan challenge as well.”
“How many times the height of a Lilliputian was the body of Gulliver as he lay on the ground?”
“They are noted for having the hind legs much longer than the fore ones -- in fact, being shaped very much like the kangaroos -- of which they might be termed Lilliputian varieties, were it not that they lack the pouch, which distinguishes these curious creatures.”
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“A young company called Lilliputian Systems has developed handheld chargers for mobile devices.”
“It sounds weird, but Liverpudlian reminds me of "Lilliputian" for some reason.”
“Whether his Charlesbourg (then called Bourg Royal) castle was used as the receptacle of some of his most valuable booty, or whether it was merely a kind of Lilliputian _Parc au”
“Lilliputian' applies equally well to any small-minded, petty obsession of the kind that Conservatives strive to rise above, so I'd still consider it a conservative term.”
“Lightest Woman: Lucia Zarate, the 21. 5-inch Mexican "Lilliputian," was a”
“Analysis of a water flea's genome shows that this Lilliputian crustacean contains the most genes of any animal sequenced to date.”
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“Analysis of a water flea s genome shows that this Lilliputian crustacean contains the most genes of any animal sequenced to date.”
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