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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian);

2. a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift;


ADJECTIVE (3)

1. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput;
- Example: "the Lilliputian population"

2. very small;
- Example: "diminutive in stature"
- Example: "a lilliputian chest of drawers"
- Example: "her petite figure"
- Example: "tiny feet"
- Example: "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
[syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck]

3. (informal) small and of little importance;
- Example: "a fiddling sum of money"
- Example: "a footling gesture"
- Example: "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
- Example: "a little (or small) matter"
- Example: "a dispute over niggling details"
- Example: "limited to petty enterprises"
- Example: "piffling efforts"
- Example: "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"
[syn: fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lilliputian \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" or "Gulliver's Travels".
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.
      [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
      described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant;
      dwarfed.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Lilliputian
    adj 1: tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary
           country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
    2: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
       drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck
       nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: bantam,
       diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny,
       flyspeck]
    3: (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of
       money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian
       compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little
       (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details";
       "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a
       police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it
       seems to be a picayune infraction" [syn: fiddling,
       footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling,
       piffling, petty, picayune, trivial]
    n 1: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
    2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan
       Swift


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

35 Moby Thesaurus words for "Lilliputian":
   Tom Thumb, brownie, dumpy, dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish, elf, elfin,
   gnome, homunculus, incipient, manikin, meager, midge, midget,
   nanoid, peewee, pip-squeak, pygmy, rudimental, rudimentary, runt,
   runty, scraggy, scrubby, shrimp, shriveled, shrunk, shrunken,
   squat, stunted, undersize, undersized, wart, wizened