Adjective: lilliputian ,li-li'pyoo-shun
- Very small
"a lilliputian chest of drawers";
- bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck, diddy [Brit, informal], tiddly [Brit, informal], eensy [informal], eensy-weensy [informal]
- [informal] Small and of little importance
"our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war";
- fiddling [informal], footling [informal], little [informal], niggling [informal], piddling [informal], piffling [informal], petty [informal], picayune [N. Amer, informal], trivial [informal], niggly [informal], piddly [informal]
- A very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
"The basketball player towered over the lilliputian mascot"
- Tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
"the Lilliputian population"
- A 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
Derived forms: Lilliputians, lilliputians
See also: little, small, unimportant
Type of: character, fictional character, fictitious character, small person
Encyclopedia: Lilliputian