Pygmy

['pɪɡmi]

Definition

(noun.) any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet.

(noun.) an unusually small individual.

Typist: Wolfgang--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Pygmean

(n.) One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

(n.) Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.

Typist: Virginia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Dwarf, hop o' my thumb.

a. Dwarfish, PYGMEAN.

Edited by Katy

Definition

n. one of a fabulous dwarfish race of antiquity: a dwarf: any diminutive thing: one of several pygmy races in equatorial Africa and elsewhere: one of the ancient diminutive dwellers in underground houses &c. in whom David MacRitchie sees the historical originals of the fairies and elves of folklore.—adj. resembling a pygmy: very small.—adj. Pygmē′an dwarfish: diminutive.

Editor: Simon