'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]
Synonyms of 'Lilliputian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- brownie,
- dumpy,
- dwarf,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- elf,
- elfin,
- gnome,
- homunculus,
- incipient,
- manikin,
- meager,
- midge,
- midget,
- nanoid,
- peewee,
- pip-squeak,
- pygmy,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- runt,
- runty,
- scraggy,
- scrubby,
- shrimp,
- shriveled,
- shrunk,
- shrunken,
- squat,
- stunted,
- Tom Thumb,
- undersize,
- undersized,
- wart,
- wizened