tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; the Lilliputian population
[ Syn: lilliputian ]
Lilliputian (adj.)
a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
[ Syn: lilliputian ]
lilliputian (n.)
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 ]
(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 ]