lilliputian
noun
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Pronunciation: /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/
adj
Etymology: From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
- Very small, diminutive
“—O'er the expanse Of glittering waters glides the snowy sail;— The lilliputian boat by infants mann'd, Steers amid fairy islets, circles round The indented shore,—...”
- Trivial, petty
noun
Etymology: From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
- A very small person or being.
“I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us.”
- A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.