LILLIPUTIAN

lilliputian

1. [Adjective]: tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"

2. [Noun]: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

3. [Noun]: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

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

5. (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 nig

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