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(adjective) relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" |
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(noun) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels |
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Related Words: character, fictional character, fictitious character |
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(noun) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) |
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Related Words: small person |
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(satellite 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"; "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" |
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Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial |
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(satellite adjective) very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet" |
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Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny |
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