pygmy

noun

/ˈpɪɡmi/

(also pigmy)

(plural pygmies, pigmies)

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Pygmy
a member of a race of very short people living in parts of Africa and south-east Asia
(disapproving) a very small person or thing or one that is weak in some way
- He regarded them as intellectual pygmies.

Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.

pygmy

adjective

/ˈpɪɡmi/

(also pigmy)

[only before noun]

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used to describe a plant or species (= type) of animal that is much smaller than other similar kinds
- a pygmy shrew
Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.

单词	pygmy
释义	pygmy noun /ˈpɪɡmi/ /ˈpɪɡmi/ (also pigmy) (plural pygmies, pigmies) jump to other results Pygmy a member of a race of very short people living in parts of Africa and south-east Asia (disapproving) a very small person or thing or one that is weak in some way He regarded them as intellectual pygmies. Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’. pygmy adjective /ˈpɪɡmi/ /ˈpɪɡmi/ (also pigmy) [only before noun] jump to other results used to describe a plant or species (= type) of animal that is much smaller than other similar kinds a pygmy shrew Word Originlate Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles’.
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