• (America) IPA: /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən/

lilliputian (plural lilliputians)

1. A very small person or being.
   • 1726 October 27, [Jonathan Swift], chapter I, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: Printed for Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039 ↗, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):

     I reflected what a mortification it must prove to me, to appear as inconsiderable in this nation, as one single Lilliputian would be among us.

2. (genetics) A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

• French: lilliputien, lilliputienne
• German: Liliputaner, Liliputanerin
• Russian: ка́рлик

lilliputian

1. Very small, diminutive
2. Trivial, petty

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

• Brobdingnagian

• French: lilliputien
• German: liliputanisch

lilliputian (plural lilliputians)

1. Alternative form of lilliputian

lilliputian

1. Alternative form of lilliputian