What does Lilliputian mean?
Definitions for Lilliputian
ˌlɪl ɪˈpyu ʃənlil·liputian
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Princeton's WordNet
lilliputiannoun
a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
Lilliputianadjective
a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Lilliputianadjective
tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
"the Lilliputian population"
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeckadjective
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, trivialadjective
(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"
Wiktionary
lilliputiannoun
A very small person or being
lilliputianadjective
Very small, diminutive
lilliputianadjective
Trivial, petty
Etymology: From the name of a fictional island called Lilliput in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Wikipedia
lilliputian
Lilliput and Blefuscu are two fictional island nations that appear in the first part of the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated by a channel 800 yards (730 m) wide. Both are inhabited by tiny people who are about one-twelfth the height of ordinary human beings. Both are empires, i.e. realms ruled by an emperor. The capital of Lilliput is Mildendo. In some pictures, the islands are arranged like an egg, as a reference to their egg-dominated histories and cultures.
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lilliputian
A term that describes anything extremely small or tiny, particularly in comparison to others of its kind. The term originated from the fictional land of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's novel, "Gulliver's Travels", which is inhabited by people only a few inches tall. Lilliputian can be used as a noun to refer to a very small person or object, or an adjective to describe something as being extremely small.
Webster Dictionary
Lilliputiannoun
one belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
Lilliputiannoun
a person or thing of very small size
Lilliputianadjective
of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants
Lilliputianadjective
of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lilliputian
lil-i-pū′shi-an, n. an inhabitant of the island of Lilliput, described by Swift in his Gulliver's Travels: a person of small size, a dwarf.—adj. of small size: dwarfish.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Lilliputian in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Lilliputian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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