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Adjective: lilliputian
  1. Very small
    "a lilliputian chest of drawers"
    - bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, tiddly [Brit]
     
  2. (informal) small and of little importance
    "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"
    - fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune [N. Amer], trivial
Noun: lilliputian
  1. A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
Adjective: Lilliputian  `lili'pyooshun
  1. Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
    "the Lilliputian population"
Noun: Lilliputian  `lili'pyooshun
  1. A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift

Derived forms: Lilliputians, lilliputians

See also: Lilliput, little, small, unimportant

Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character, small person

Encyclopedia: Lilliputian