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lilliputian   (TTS Sound)

The noun lilliputian has 2 senses

• lilliputian -- (a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian))


• Lilliputian -- (a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift)

The adj lilliputian has 3 senses

• Lilliputian -- (tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population")


• bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck -- (very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy")


• fiddling, footling, lilliputian, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial -- ((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")