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Lilliputian

[ lil-i-pyoo-shuhn ]

adjective

  1. extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
  2. petty; trivial:

    Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.



noun

  1. an inhabitant of Lilliput.
  2. a very small person.
  3. a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.

Lilliputian

/ ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən /

noun

  1. a tiny person or being
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. tiny; very small
  2. petty or trivial
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lilliputian1

First recorded in 1726; Lilliput + -ian
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Lilliputian1

C18: from Lilliput, an imaginary country of tiny inhabitants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)
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Example Sentences

Has anyone noticed how diminished, how very Lilliputian, America has become?

How could he pick the Lilliputian city whose favorite place of worship is the Rocky statue at the foot of an art museum?

It was all cherry satin and white lace, the furniture lilliputian, to match the proportions of the room and the lady.

You will read Boccaccio, whose tales are intaglios carved with exquisitely licentious and Lilliputian scenes.

Little Katy laughed outright, as the idea of this Lilliputian combatant presented itself.

Her humble origin certainly did not betray itself in her hands and feet, which were exquisite in shape and lilliputian in size.

The toilet of this lilliputian in feathers, performed on her chosen twig as it often was, interested me greatly.

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