Lilliputian

[ lil-i-pyoo-shuhn ]

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
  1. an inhabitant of Lilliput.

  2. a very small person.

  1. a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.

Origin of Lilliputian

1
First recorded in 1726; Lilliput + -ian

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Lilliputian

/ (ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃɪən) /


noun
  1. a tiny person or being

adjective
  1. tiny; very small

  2. petty or trivial

Origin of Lilliputian

1
C18: from Lilliput, an imaginary country of tiny inhabitants in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726)

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