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lilliputian

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As a noun, lilliputian means a very small person or being. As an adjective, it means very small, diminutive.

Meanings of lilliputian

6 meanings

noun

  1. A very small person or being.

  2. geneticsA fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

adjective

  1. Very small, diminutive

  2. Trivial, petty

  3. Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput

    “the Lilliputian population”

  4. (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”

    Similar: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

adjective: (informal) small and of little importance

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