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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." 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.Lilliputian
Lil`li*pu"tian\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. 2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
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Lilliputian
"diminutive, tiny," lit. "pertaining to Lilliput, the fabulous island whose inhabitants were six inches high, coined by Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" (1726).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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