Lilliputian

['lɪlə'pjʊʃən]

Definition

(noun.) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift.

(noun.) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian).

(adj.) tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; 'the Lilliputian population' .

Edited by Debra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."

(n.) A person or thing of very small size.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.

(a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.

Inputed by Jane

Definition

n. an inhabitant of the island of Lilliput described by Swift in his Gulliver's Travels: a person of small size a dwarf.—adj. of small size: dwarfish.

Edited by Annabel