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   Lilliputian

   /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/

   adjective

   • 1. trivial or very small: "America's banks look Lilliputian in comparison with Japan's"

   noun

   • 1. a trivial or very small person or thing.

   Word Origin early 18th century: from the imaginary country of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by people 6 inches (15 cm) high, + -ian.

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   What does Lilliput mean?

   • 1. extremely small; tiny. 2. petty. n. 3. an inhabitant of Lilliput. 4. a very small person. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. a diminutive person, about the height of an ink bottle, as from Lilliput in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Cf.

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   What is a Lilliputian person?

   • an inhabitant of Lilliput. a very small person. a person who is narrow or petty in outlook. Has anyone noticed how diminished, how very Lilliputian, America has become? How could he pick the Lilliputian city whose favorite place of worship is the Rocky statue at the foot of an art museum?

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   Where did Lilliputian come from?

   • The term originated from the fictional land of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's novel, "Gulliver's Travels", which is inhabited by people only a few inches tall. Lilliputian can be used as a noun to refer to a very small person or object, or an adjective to describe something as being extremely small.

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   Who are Lilliput?

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › lilliputianLilliputian | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Lilliputian is an adjective that means extremely small, often used humorously. It comes from the fictional land of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. See pronunciation, synonyms and translations of Lilliputian.

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     Meaning of Lilliputian in English. Lilliputian. adjective....

   • Znaczenie Lilliputian, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     Lilliputian definicja: 1. extremely small 2. extremely...

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     Lilliputian translate: 極小的，微小的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     Lilliputian translate: 极小的，微小的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   1. : an inhabitant of Lilliput. 2. often not capitalized : one resembling a Lilliputian. especially : an undersized individual. Synonyms. Adjective. illiberal. insular.

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   Something Lilliputian is very small. You might complain to your grandmother that your piece of apple pie is Lilliputian in comparison to your brother's.

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   Lilliputian definition: extremely small; tiny; diminutive.. See examples of LILLIPUTIAN used in a sentence.

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   Lilliputian means very small or tiny, or a person or being of that size. It comes from Lilliput, an imaginary country in Swift's Gulliver's Travels. See synonyms, translations and usage examples.

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   Lilliputian means tiny, very small, or petty, and comes from an imaginary country of tiny people in Gulliver's Travels. Learn how to use this word in sentences and find synonyms and related words.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › english › lilliputianLilliputian | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Meaning of Lilliputian in English. Lilliputian. adjective. mainly humorousus/ˌlɪl.ɪˈpjuː.ʃən/uk/ˌlɪl.ɪˈpjuː.ʃən/. Add to word listAdd to word list. extremely small. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Extremely small. atomized.