'Lilliputian' definitions:

Definition of 'Lilliputian'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
adjective
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, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck]
adjective
(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, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
noun
A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
noun
A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Definition of 'Lilliputian'

From: GCIDE
  • Lilliputian \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" or "Gulliver's Travels". [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lilliputian'

From: GCIDE
  • Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed. [1913 Webster]

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