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1. (n.) Pygmy
a member of any of several small-statured peoples of Africa, esp. the forested regions of central Africa.
2. Pygmy
a Negrito of SE Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.
3. Pygmy
(l.c.) a small or dwarfish person.
4. Pygmy
(l.c.) anything very small of its kind.
5. Pygmy
(l.c.) a person of small importance or lacking in some important quality, attribute, etc.
6. (adj.) Pygmy
(sometimes l.c.) of or pertaining to the Pygmies.
7. Pygmy
(l.c.) of very small size, capacity, power, etc.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME pigmēis, pl. of pigmē < L Pygmaeus < Gk pygmaîos dwarfish, a member of a legendary race of dwarflike people =pygm(ē) distance from elbow to knuckles +-aios adj. suffix)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) pygmy, pigmy
an unusually small individual
2. (noun) Pygmy, Pigmy
any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) pygmy
alt. of Pygmean
2. (noun) pygmy
one of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed
3. (noun) pygmy
hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf
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