Lilliputian (adj.)

  1. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; the Lilliputian population

    [ Syn: lilliputian ]

    lilliputian (n.)

  1. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

  2. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

    [ Syn: lilliputian ]

    lilliputian (adj.)

  1. very small; diminutive in stature; a lilliputian chest of drawers; her petite figure; tiny feet; the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

    [ Syn: bantam , diminutive , midget , petite , tiny , flyspeck ]

  2. (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

    [ Syn: fiddling , footling , little , niggling , piddling , piffling , petty , picayune , trivial ]

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