LILLIPUT


Meaning of LILLIPUT in English

a country visited by Gulliver in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift . The Lilliputians are only six inches tall, and because of this their political disputes and wars with their neighbours are made to look ridiculous.

See also Brobdingnag , Yahoos .

► Lilliputian adj

very small:

Even our largest banks look Lilliputian in comparison with European ones.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.