small, tiny, dwarfish; petty, trivial
resident of Lilliput; very small person, dwarf; trivial or petty person
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Lilliputian Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
(n.)
A person or thing of very small size.
A person or thing of very small size.
(a.)
Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
lilliputian
\lil`li*pu"tian\ (l&ibreve;l`l&ibreve;*pū"shan), n.
1. one belonging to a very diminutive race described in swift's "voyage to lilliput."
2. hence: a person or thing of very small size.
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.
lilliputian
adj
1. relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of lilliput; "the lilliputian population" [syn: lilliputian]
2. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet" [syn: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny]
3. (informal terms) 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"; "mickey mouse regulations"; "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" [syn: fiddling, footling, little, mickey mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
n 1: a very small person (resembling a lilliputian) 2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of lilliput in swift's gulliver's travels [syn: lilliputian]
Noun
1. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
(hypernym) fictional character, fictitious character, character
Adjective
1. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
(pertainym) Lilliput
Noun
1. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
(hypernym) small person
Adjective
1. very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
(synonym) bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
(similar) small, little
2. (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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) fiddling, footling, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
(similar) unimportant
(classification) colloquialism
Lilliputian Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbors in the South Indian Ocean, separated by a channel eight hundred yards wide. Both are inhabited by tiny people who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings. Both kingdoms are empires, i.e. realms ruled by a self-styled emperor. The capital of Lilliput is Mildendo.
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