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Lilliputian

Lil·li·pu·tian [ lìllə pysh'n ] or lil·li·pu·tian [ lìllə pysh'n ]


noun  (plural Lil·li·pu·tians) (plural lil·li·pu·tians)
Definition:
 
small person or thing: a person or thing that is unusually small in height



adjective 
Definition:
 
1. tiny: unusually small

2. trivial or petty: of little or no importance or significance

[Mid-18th century. After Lilliput, country in Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift whose people were only 6 in./15 cm tall]
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