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adjective
1.
extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
2.
petty; trivial: Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.
noun
3.
an inhabitant of Lilliput.
4.
a very small person.
5.
a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.
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Lilliputian
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Word Origin & History
Lilliputian
"diminutive, tiny," lit. "pertaining to Lilliput, the fabulous island whose inhabitants were six inches high, coined by Swift in "Gulliver's Travels" (1726).
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