[pyg.my] n, pl pygmies [ME pigmei, fr. L pygmaeus of a pygmy, dwarfish, fr. Gk pygmaios, fr. pygme fist, measure of length--more at pungent] (14c) 1 often cap: any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors
2. cap: any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height 3 a: a short insignificant person: dwarf b: something very small of its kind -- pygmy adj