[ ˌlɪlɪ'pju:ʃ(ə)n ]
■ adjective trivial or very small.
■ noun a ~ person or thing.
Origin
C18: from the imaginary country of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), inhabited by 6-inch high people, + -ian .
[ ˌlɪlɪ'pju:ʃ(ə)n ]
■ adjective trivial or very small.
■ noun a ~ person or thing.
Origin
C18: from the imaginary country of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726), inhabited by 6-inch high people, + -ian .
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004