lilliputian

lilliputian
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Xem thêm: Lilliputian, Lilliputian, bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial



lilliputian

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    n.

  • a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  • a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift; Lilliputian

    adj.

  • tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; Lilliputian

    the Lilliputian population

  • very small; bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck

    diminutive in stature

    a lilliputian chest of drawers

    her petite figure

    tiny feet

    the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy

  • (informal) small and of little importance; fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial

    a fiddling sum of money

    a footling gesture

    our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war

    a little (or small) matter

    a dispute over niggling details

    limited to petty enterprises

    piffling efforts

    giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: Lilliputian bantam diminutive fiddling flyspeck footling little midget niggling petite petty picayune piddling piffling tiny trivial