lilliputian
小人国,小人国的人,小人国的,小人族
Definitions
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- : extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- : petty; trivial: Our worries are Lilliputian when compared with those of people whose nations are at war.
- 1
- : an inhabitant of Lilliput.
- : a very small person.
- : a person who is narrow or petty in outlook.
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Examples
Has anyone noticed how diminished, how very Lilliputian, America has become?
How could he pick the Lilliputian city whose favorite place of worship is the Rocky statue at the foot of an art museum?
It was all cherry satin and white lace, the furniture lilliputian, to match the proportions of the room and the lady.
You will read Boccaccio, whose tales are intaglios carved with exquisitely licentious and Lilliputian scenes.
Little Katy laughed outright, as the idea of this Lilliputian combatant presented itself.
Her humble origin certainly did not betray itself in her hands and feet, which were exquisite in shape and lilliputian in size.
The toilet of this lilliputian in feathers, performed on her chosen twig as it often was, interested me greatly.