LILLIPUTIAN


Meaning of LILLIPUTIAN in English

lil ‧ li ‧ pu ‧ tian /ˌlɪləˈpjuːʃ ə n◂, ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃ ə n◂/ BrE AmE adjective formal

[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: Lilliput , an imaginary country full of very small people in the book Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift ]

extremely small compared to the normal size of things

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.