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pygmean

 [pig-mee-uhn, pig-mee-]  

pyg·mae·an

   [pig-mee-uhn, pig-mee-]
adjective
pygmy.
Also, pyg·me·an.

Origin:
1545–55; < Latin pygmae(us) dwarfish (see Pygmy) + -an
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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.
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pygmy or pigmy (ˈpɪɡmɪ)
 
—n , pl -mies
1.  an abnormally undersized person
2.  something that is a very small example of its type
3.  a person of little importance or significance
4.  (modifier) of very small stature or size
 
[C14 pigmeis the Pygmies, from Latin Pygmaeus a Pygmy, from Greek pugmaios undersized, from pugmē fist]
 
pigmy or pigmy
 
—n
 
[C14 pigmeis the Pygmies, from Latin Pygmaeus a Pygmy, from Greek pugmaios undersized, from pugmē fist]
 
pygmaean or pigmy
 
—adj
 
pygmean or pigmy
 
—adj

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