pygmean

  • 11pygmaean — or pygmean adjective Etymology: Latin pygmaeus Date: 1667 pygmy …

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  • 12pygmaean — /pig mee euhn, pig mee /, adj. pygmy. Also, pygmean. [1545 55; < L pygmae(us) dwarfish (see PYGMY) + AN] * * * …

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  • 13pygmy — (also pigmy) noun (plural pygmies) 1》 (Pygmy) a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa or parts of SE Asia. 2》 chiefly derogatory a very small person or thing. 3》 a person who is deficient in a particular respect: an …

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  • 14diminutive — a. Little, small, dwarfish, tiny, puny, pygmy, pygmean, contracted, minute, of small size …

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  • 15dwarfish — a. Stunted, dwarfed, undersized, diminutive, small, little, tiny, liliputian, pygmean, pygmy …

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  • 16liliputian — a. Pygmean, little, small, tiny, puny, dwarfish, diminutive …

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  • 17minikin — a. Small, little, diminutive, wee, tiny, pygmy, pygmean, Liliputian, dwarfish …

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  • 18puny — a. 1. Weak, feeble, inferior. 2. Little, small, petty, insignificant, diminutive, undeveloped, undersized, tiny, dwarf, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean, stunted, Liliputian …

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  • 19scrubby — a. 1. Vile, mean, pitiful, poor, shabby, sorry, miserable, despicable, worthless, small, insignificant. 2. Small, diminutive, puny, stunted, dwarfed, dwarfish, pygmy, pygmean …

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  • 20stunted — a. Undersized, dwarfish, dwarfed, diminutive, small, little, tiny, Liliputian, pygmean …

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