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dwarfish

[ dwawr-fish ]

/ ˈdwɔr fɪʃ /

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adjective

like a dwarf, especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.

SYNONYMS FOR dwarfish

pygmy, tiny, stunted, runty.

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Origin of dwarfish

First recorded in 1555–65; dwarf + -ish¹

OTHER WORDS FROM dwarfish

dwarf·ish·ly, adverbdwarf·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby dwarfish

dwarf elephant, dwarf galaxy, dwarf ginseng, dwarf huckleberry, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfism, dwarf Japanese quince, dwarf male, dwarf mallow, dwarf palmetto

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Example sentences from the Web for dwarfish

While browsing a Beverly Hills record store he was approached by a “weird dwarfish man with huge eyeglasses”.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant|The Telegraph|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Dialect is the elf rather than the genius of place, and a dwarfish master of the magic of local things.
Ceres' Runaway|Alice Meynell
These men are described as small and dwarfish in appearance and as possessing Eskimo characteristics.
The Myths of the North American Indians|Lewis Spence
And the foremost of the troop, a thick dwarfish man with a huge two-handed sword, stood aside.
The Long Night|Stanley Weyman

A quaint dwarfish figure, crippled but full of vigour, stumped up to the platform.
The Major|Ralph Connor
Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. I. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

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