Lilliputiann.adj.
/ˌlɪlᵻˈpjuːʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɪləˈpjuʃən/ A. n.
An inhabitant of Lilliput n.; hence, a person of diminutive size, character, or mind.
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person
dwarfeOE
congeonc1230
go-by-ground?a1300
smalla1300
shrimpc1386
griga1400
gruba1400
murche1440
nirvil1440
mitinga1450
witherling1528
wretchocka1529
elf1530
hop-o'-my-thumb1530
pygmy1533
little person1538
manikin1540
mankin1552
dandiprat1556
yrle1568
grundy1570
Jack Sprat1570
squall1570
manling1573
Tom Thumb1579
pinka1585
squib1586
screaling1594
giant-dwarf1598
twattle1598
agate1600
minimus1600
cock sparrow1602
dapperling1611
modicum1611
scrub1611
sesquipedalian1615
dwarflinga1618
wretchcock1641
homuncio1643
whip-handle1653
homuncule1656
whippersnapper1674
chitterling1675
sprite1684
carliea1689
urling1691
wirling1691
dwarf man1699
poppet1699
durgan1706
short-arse1706
tomtit1706
Lilliputian1726
wallydraigle1736
midge1757
minikin1761
squeeze-crab1785
minimum1796
niff-naff1808
titman1818
teetotum1822
squita1825
cradden1825
nyaff1825
weed1825
pinkeen1850
fingerling1864
Lilliput1867
thumbling1867
midget1869
inch1884
shorty1888
titch1888
skimpling1890
stub1890
scrap1898
pygmoid1922
lofty1933
peewee1935
smidgen1952
pint-size1954
pint-sized1973
munchkin1974
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > paltry, mean, or contemptible > types of
Lilliputian1726
hole in the wall1822
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. iii. 64 The Emperor stipulates to allow me a quantity of meat and drink sufficient for the support of 1,728 Lilliputians.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. v. etc.
1728 H. Fielding Love in Several Masques iii. x. 39 Oh! Gemini! wou'd I had been born a Lilliputian.
1808 W. Scott Dryden's Wks. (1883) IV. 5 The other personages of the drama sink into Lilliputians beside the gigantic Almanzor.
1884 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 326 The antics of these official Lilliputians.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to Lilliput or its inhabitants; hence, of diminutive size; petty.
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the mind > language > a language > [adjective] > ideal or literary
Lilliputian1726
the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
eathlyc890
lighteOE
littleOE
small?c1225
singlec1449
easy1474
triflous1509
naughty1526
slender1530
slight1548
shrimpish1549
slipper1567
truanta1572
toyous1581
trivious1583
mean1585
silly1587
nicea1594
puny?1594
puisne1598
pusill1599
whindling1601
sapless1602
non-significant1603
poor1603
unsignificant1603
flea-bite1605
perishing1605
lank1607
weightless1610
fonda1616
penny farthing1615
triviala1616
unweighty1621
transitory1637
twattling1651
inconsiderate1655
unserious1655
nugal1656
small drink1656
slighty1662
minute1668
paddling1679
snitling1682
retail1697
Lilliputian1726
vain1731
rattletrap1760
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
underling1804
venial1806
lightweight1809
floccinaucical1826
small-bore1833
minified1837
trantlum1838
piffling1848
tea-tabular1855
potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
tea-gardeny1862
quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > small of its kind
demi1418
young1550
minikin1566
dwarf-like1582
diminutive1602
minitive?1602
diminute1611
pocket1621
Lilliputian1726
duodecimo1780
toy1821
minified1841
junior1860
toy-sized1861
Lilliput1867
toyish1871
mini1963
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. v. 87 The Lilliputian Tongue.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 319 Good substantial Leagues dwindling into even Liliputian Furlongs.
a1764 R. Lloyd New-river Head in Poet. Wks. (1774) II. 64 The Lilliputian Statesmen rise To malice of gigantic size.
1808 W. Scott in Lockhart Life (1869) III. xviii. 150 Petty conquests or Liliputian expeditions.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iii. 113 The stairs are of lilliputian measurement, fitted to their tiny strides.
1878 R. W. Emerson Sov. Ethics in Wks. (1906) III. 383 In America..our institutions, our politics..have fostered a self-reliance which is small, liliputian, full of fuss and bustle.
1884 Garden. Illustr. 8 Nov. 427/1 The charming little Erysimum pumilum..is often called the Lilliputian Wallflower.
Derivatives
Lilliˈputianize v. to dwarf.
ΚΠ
1890 W. C. Russell Ocean Trag. I. xi. 230 Liliputianised as he was [by distance].
Lilliputianized adj.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [adjective] > reproduced on smaller scale
miniature1714
Lilliputianized1889
miniaturized1934
1889 Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 419/2 The Liliputianized figures of her crew making a very toy of the little fabric.
Lilliputianizing n.
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the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > [noun] > reproducing on a smaller scale
reduction1728
Lilliputianizing1885
miniaturization1947
1885 W. C. Russell Strange Voy. I. xix. 282 The satirical Lilliputianizing of the stately Margaret Edwards went against the grain.
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