Lilliputian Definition
lilliputian
adjective
- tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
- very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
- (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"
noun
- a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Words that rhyme with lilliputian
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