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Possible definitions for lilliputians
Lilliputian
Lilliputian
adj 1: tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country
of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"
2: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck
nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [syn: {bantam},
{diminutive}, {midget}, {petite}, {tiny}, {flyspeck}]
3: (informal terms) 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"; "Mickey Mouse
regulations"; "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" [syn: {fiddling}, {footling},
{little}, {Mickey Mouse}, {niggling}, {piddling}, {piffling},
{petty}, {picayune}, {trivial}]
n 1: a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
2: a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan
Swift
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