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lilliputian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Irish [Term?]bor.? English Lilliput Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English lilliputian From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Meanings

1. Very small, diminutive
   • —O'er the expanse Of glittering waters glides the snowy sail;— The lilliputian boat by infants mann'd, Steers amid fairy islets, circles round The indented shore,—... 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, A Thunder Storm, while Travelling, page 129:
2. Trivial, petty

Forms

Antonyms

Brobdingnagian

Deriveds

NanoPutian

Descendants

liliputa

Translations (11)

de liliputanisch (very small) · tr küçük (very small) · tr minicik (very small) · fr lilliputien (very small) · tr liliputyen (very small) · tr minik (very small) · tr bir damla (very small) · tr bir damlacık (very small) · tr küçücük (very small) · tr ufak tefek (very small) · fi lilliputtimainen (very small)

lilliputian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree Irish [Term?]bor.? English Lilliput Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English lilliputian From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Meanings

1. A very small person or being.
   • I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us. 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 158:
2. A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
3. Involving delusions or hallucinations of tiny beings.
   • lilliputian schizophrenia

Forms

Deriveds

lilliputianize · lilliputianism · Lilliputianly · Lilliputian vision

Relateds

tiddler · lilliput · munchkin

Translations (27)

pl liliputka (small person or being) · fr lilliputien (small person or being) · eu liliputar (small person or being) · pt liliputiano (small person or being) · de Liliputaner (small person or being) · nl lilliputter (small person or being) · ca lil·liputenc (small person or being) · ru ка́рлик (small person or being) · it lillipuziana (small person or being) · it lillipuziano (small person or being) · bg лилипу́т (small person or being) · eo liliputano (small person or being) · id liliput (small person or being) · es liliputiense (small person or being) · gl liliputiano (small person or being) · ca lil·liputenca (small person or being) · ru лилипу́т (small person or being) · io Liliputatra (small person or being) · ar قَزَم (small person or being) · sv lilleputt (small person or being) · de Liliputanerin (small person or being) · gl liliputiana (small person or being) · pl liliput (small person or being) · fi lilliputti (small person or being) · io Liliputala (small person or being) · fr lilliputienne (small person or being) · pt liliputiana (small person or being)