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lilliputian

(,l/I/l/I/'p/j//u//S//@/n )

adjective (a)

tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput(adj.pert)

Example:
The Lilliputian population.

source: wordnet30
Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."(noun)

source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

very small(adj.all)

Example:
A lilliputian chest of drawers.

Synonym:
bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, miniscule, minuscule, petite, tiny

source: wordnet30
(informal) small and of little importance(adj.all)

Example:
Our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war.

Synonym:
fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial

source: wordnet30

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