lilliputian

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
noun a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
adjective tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput

From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

There he sat--Lilliputian on the great charger! — The Gay Cockade, Temple Bailey
So, too, the stock grazing in the fields were of lilliputian dimensions. — Desert Conquest; or, Precious Waters, A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
"Where are your bow and arrows, my little man?" said her ladyship to Hal, as she reviewed her Lilliputian regiment. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry

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