Definitions
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- noun A very
small person or being. - adjective Very small, diminutive
- adjective Trivial, petty
Etymologies
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Examples
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Spur got marks for being “playful and ambitious,” Poppy for the “lilliputian creations” on its thalis and for inventive cocktails.
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But soccer is in a lilliputian class all by itself.
In Soccer, the Little Schools Rule Ben Cohen 2011
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Despite high gas prices, lilliputian offerings feel like bolder moves than sport-tuned SUVs—at least stateside.
Your Ride's Here 2011
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Just picture pearl onions swimming in a steaming bowl of peas, a plate of buttery, baby potatoes, or those glazed, lilliputian ears of corn mingling with water chestnuts and snowpeas in chow mein.
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Poking one's head inside one of Matton's enclosures is being Gulliver trespassing into another reality and expecting the room's lilliputian occupants to return any moment.
Kisa Lala: Architect of Illusions: Charles Matton's Enclosures Kisa Lala 2011
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Even MORE tickled pink to discover that Duane (who is very active on a yahoo group called “low cost wargaming”) had made a set with painted closepins as the pirates, and little craftee bits as the lilliputian villagers.
Pirates, Flattery and Disappointment in Lilliput!! « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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Spur got marks for being “playful and ambitious,” Poppy for the “lilliputian creations” on its thalis and for inventive cocktails.
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Poking one's head inside one of Matton's enclosures is being Gulliver trespassing into another reality and expecting the room's lilliputian occupants to return any moment.
Kisa Lala: Architect of Illusions: Charles Matton's Enclosures Kisa Lala 2011
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But I must confess, after a fortnight of driving successive MPVs, I was eager to return to the lilliputian world of a four-seater or, even better, a two-seater.
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Her life's blood pumped out of the wound he was gnawing at in lilliputian spurts, the stain slowly spreading across the cheap cotton weave of her buttoned-up blouse.
markusloke commented on the word lilliputian
Has anybody made a list of eponyms? If not, I would like to start an open list.
September 3, 2014
hernesheir commented on the word lilliputian
There are some eponym lists, but don't let that stop you from making your own! You might search a few obvious eponyms to identify other lists.
September 3, 2014