adj
Meaning 1
Very small, diminutive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
lilliputian
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adj
Meaning 2
Trivial, petty
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative form of lilliputian.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 4
A very small person or being.
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noun
Meaning 5
A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
Involving delusions or hallucinations of tiny beings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- lilliputian schizophrenia
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative form of lilliputian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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adjective
Meaning 8
tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the Lilliputian population
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adjective satellite
Meaning 9
(informal) small and of little importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
very small
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- diminutive in stature
- a lilliputian chest of drawers
- her petite figure
- tiny feet
- the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
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noun
Meaning 11
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fictional character, fictitious character, character
noun
Meaning 12
a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: small person
History
Etymology
From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: lilliputtimainen — very small
- French: lilliputien — very small
- German: liliputanisch — very small
- Turkish: küçücük — very small
- Turkish: küçük — very small
- Turkish: minicik — very small
- Turkish: minik — very small
- Turkish: ufak tefek — very small
- Turkish: bir damla — very small
- Turkish: bir damlacık — very small
- Turkish: liliputyen — very small
- Arabic: قَزَم (qazam) — small person or being
- Basque: liliputar — small person or being
- Bulgarian: лилипу́т (lilipút) — small person or being
- Catalan: lil·liputenc — small person or being
- Catalan: lil·liputenca — small person or being
- Dutch: lilliputter — small person or being
- Esperanto: liliputano — small person or being
- Finnish: lilliputti — small person or being
- French: lilliputien — small person or being
- French: lilliputienne — small person or being
- Galician: liliputiano — small person or being
- Galician: liliputiana — small person or being
- German: Liliputaner — small person or being
- German: Liliputanerin — small person or being
- Ido: Liliputala — small person or being
- Ido: Liliputatra — small person or being
- Indonesian: liliput — small person or being
- Italian: lillipuziano — small person or being
- Italian: lillipuziana — small person or being
- Polish: liliput — small person or being
- Polish: liliputka — small person or being
- Portuguese: liliputiano — small person or being
- Portuguese: liliputiana — small person or being
- Russian: лилипу́т (lilipút) — small person or being
- Russian: ка́рлик (kárlik) — small person or being
- Spanish: liliputiense — small person or being
- Swedish: lilleputt — small person or being