Lilliputian
Lil`li`pu´tian Pronunciation: lĭl`lĭ`pū´shan
| n. | 1. | One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput" or "Gulliver's Travels". |
| 2. | A person or thing of very small size. | |
| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of |
| 2. | Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant; dwarfed. |
| Noun | 1. |  lilliputian - a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) |
| 2. | Lilliputian - a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift | |
| Adj. | 1. | Lilliputian - tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" |
| 2. | lilliputian - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" | |
| 3. | lilliputian - (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" |