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LILLIPUTIAN

Definition:

1. [noun] a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
   
   
2. [noun] a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
   Synonyms: Lilliputian
   
   
3. [adjective] tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
   Synonyms: Lilliputian
   
   
4. [adjective] very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
   Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
   
   
5. [adjective] (informal terms) small and of little importance; "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"; "Mickey Mouse regulations"; "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"
   Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, Mickey Mouse, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
   
   

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