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One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."

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  1. n. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
  2. n. A person or thing of very small size.
  3. a. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
  4. a. Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
  5. adj. tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
  6. adj. very small
  7. adj. (informal) small and of little importance
  8. n. a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
  9. 1. One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput." 2. Hence: A person or thing of very small size. 1. Of or having to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants. 2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
  10. j:100 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