lilliputian

Noun lilliputian has 2 senses

• lilliputian(n = noun.person) - a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian);
is a kind of small person
Derived form adjective lilliputian₂

• lilliputian(n = noun.person) - a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift;
is a kind of character, fictional character, fictitious character
Derived form adjective lilliputian₁

Adjective lilliputian has 3 senses

• lilliputian(a = adj.pert) - tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
Derived forms noun lilliput₁, noun lilliputian₂

• lilliputian(s = adj.all) bantam, diminutive, flyspeck, midget, petite, tiny - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
Derived form noun lilliputian₁

• lilliputian(s = adj.all) fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial - (informal) 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"; "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"

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