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lilliputian
(encz) | lilliputian,liliputánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lilliputian
(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".
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2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.
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Lilliputian
(gcide) | Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
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2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant;
dwarfed.
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lilliputian
(wn) | Lilliputian
adj 1: tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary
country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
2: 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]
3: (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]
n 1: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan
Swift |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
lilliputian
(encz) | lilliputian,liliputánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lilliputianize
(encz) | Lilliputianize, |
lilliputianizes
(encz) | Lilliputianizes, |
lilliputian
(wn) | Lilliputian
adj 1: tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary
country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
2: 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]
3: (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]
n 1: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan
Swift |
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