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English to English adjective
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tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput |  | Example: the Lilliputian population
source: wordnet30
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Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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very small | | Example: diminutive in stature
a lilliputian chest of drawers
her petite figure
tiny feet
the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy
source: wordnet30
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(informal) small and of little importance | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30 noun
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a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) | | source: wordnet30
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a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift | | source: wordnet30
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One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput." | | source: webster1913
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