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Lilliputian

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Noun

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Singular
Lilliputian

Plural
Lilliputians

  1. (countable) A resident of Lilliput in the book Gulliver's Travels.
    The Lilliputians were at war with a neighboring kingdom.
  2. (countable) A very small adult person, such as a midget or a dwarf.
    The midgets and dwarfs were billed as Lilliputians on the circus posters.

Adjective

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Positive
Lilliputian

Comparative
more Lilliputian

Superlative
most Lilliputian

  1. Description of something very small.
    Even with my eyeglasses, I can't read the Lilliputian print in this book.
    This Lilliputian furniture was made for my great-grandmother's doll house.
    This spoon is the most Lilliputian piece of tableware I've ever held.
    My new apartment is the most Lilliputian place I've ever called home.