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Definitions for: Lilliputian [n] a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
[n] a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
[adj] (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"
[adj] very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"
[adj] relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
Webster (1913) Definition: Lil`li*pu"tian (l[i^]l`l[i^]*p[=u]"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.
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.
Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, fiddling, footling, little, Mickey Mouse, midget, niggling, petite, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant
See Also: character, fictional character, fictitious character, small person
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