| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| little people or little folk | |
| —pl n | |
| folklore small supernatural beings, such as elves, pixies, or leprechauns | |
| little folk or little folk | |
| —pl n | |
| Main Entry: | little people1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | ordinary people with little power; common people |
| Main Entry: | little people2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | people of small stature; midgets |
| Main Entry: | little people3 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | small supernatural beings |
little people
in human anatomy, a person of very small stature whose bodily proportions, intelligence, and sexual development are within the normal range. Diminutive stature occurs sporadically in families the rest of whose members are of ordinary size. The children of midgets are usually of ordinary height and proportions. This term is often considered pejorative; the term proportionate dwarf is now preferred. See dwarfism; Pygmy.
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