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Lilliputian

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Lilliputian /ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃ(ə)n/

▶adjective trivial or very small. ▶noun a Lilliputian 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.

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