Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lilliputian"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\ (l[i^]l`l[i^]*p[=u]"shan), n.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lilliputian \Lil`li*pu"tian\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput
described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
2. Hence: Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lilliputian
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of
Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" [syn: {Lilliputian}]
2: very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet" [syn: {bantam},
{diminutive}, {midget}, {petite}, {tiny}]
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 Swift's Gulliver's
Travels [syn: {Lilliputian}]
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