lilliputian
li luh pyooh shuhn
- n a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
- n a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
- a tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
- s very small
a lilliputian chest of drawers - s (informal) small and of little importance
our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war
- Carpenter Merton Hankins, the lilliputian gunner, was arrested.
- The Clintons had turned their reclining front seats (Bill took the window) into a lilliputian hideaway, with a blue sliding curtain for privacy and the kind of mementos a college .
- At Nottingham, that was practically lilliputian compared to most of the competition.