Lilliputian
Meaning of Lilliputian
- trivial or very small.
America's banks look Lilliputian in comparison with Japan's
noun
a trivial or very small person or thing.
early 18th century: from the imaginary country of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by people 6 inches (15 cm) high, + -ian.
Information about Lilliputian
- The plural form of Lilliputian is: Lilliputians.
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Hyphenation of Lilliputian
Lil-liputian
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- Lilliputian is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Lilliputian synonyms
Meaning bantam:
bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
Meaning fiddling:
fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial
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