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Pronunciation:  `lili'pyooshun

WordNet Dictionary
  1. [n]  a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
  2. [n]  a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  4. [adj]  very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"
  5. [adj]  relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"

LILLIPUTIAN is a 11 letter word that starts with L.


 Synonyms: bantam, diminutive, fiddling, footling, little, Mickey Mouse, midget, niggling, petite, petty, picayune, piddling, piffling, small, tiny, trivial, unimportant
 See Also: character, fictional character, fictitious character, small person



Webster's 1913 Dictionary
  1. \Lil`li*pu"tian\ (l[i^]l`l[i^]*p[=u]"shan), n.
    1. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in
       Swift's ``Voyage to Lilliput.''
    2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.
  2. \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
    1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
       described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
    2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
Thesaurus Terms
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