Lilliputian
adjective /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/
/ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃn/
(formal)- extremely small synonym diminutive, tinyMore Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
Word OriginFrom the land of Lilliput, in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, where the people are only 15 cm high.