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

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".
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   2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size.
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Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
      described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
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   2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; insignificant;
      dwarfed.
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