English to English
adjective
- tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput
The Lilliputian population.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to the imaginary island of Lilliput described by Swift, or to its inhabitants.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)
source: WordNet 3.0
- a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift
source: WordNet 3.0
- One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's "Voyage to Lilliput."
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- very small
Diminutive in stature.
A lilliputian chest of drawers.
Her petite figure.
Tiny feet.
The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (informal) 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.
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
