 lilliputian |
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| 1. | [ noun ] a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) | |
| Related terms: | small_person | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance | |
| Synonyms: | little trivial niggling piddling footling petty picayune piffling fiddling | |
| Examples: | "a fiddling sum of money" "a footling gesture" "our worries are lilliputian" "a little (or small) matter" "Mickey Mouse regulations" "niggling details" petty enterprises" "piffling efforts" |
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| Related terms: | unimportant | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] very small | |
| Synonyms: | tiny diminutive petite midget bantam | |
| Examples: | "diminutive in stature" "a lilliputian chest of drawers" "her petite figure" "tiny feet" |
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| Related terms: | small | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput | |
| Examples: | "the Lilliputian population" |
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| Related terms: | Lilliput | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] very small | |
| Synonyms: | tiny diminutive petite midget flyspeck bantam | |
| Examples: | "diminutive in stature" "a lilliputian chest of drawers" "her petite figure" "tiny feet" "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" |
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| Related terms: | small | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] (informal terms) small and of little importance | |
| Synonyms: | little trivial mickey_mouse niggling footling picayune piddling piffling petty fiddling | |
| Examples: | "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 ni |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism unimportant | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (writing) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels | |
| Related terms: | fictional_character | |
| Similar spelling: |
Liliputian Lilliput |
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