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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
lilliputian
a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) • Hypernyms: small person
1. very small - diminutive in stature - a lilliputian chest of drawers - her petite figure - tiny feet - the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy • Syn: bantam, diminutive, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck • Similar to: small, little • Derivationally related forms: tininess (for: tiny), petite (for: petite), petiteness (for: petite), diminutive (for: diminutive), diminutiveness (for: diminutive) 2. (informal) small and of little importance - a fiddling sum of money - a footling gesture - our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war - a little (or small) matter - a dispute over niggling details - limited to petty enterprises - piffling efforts - giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction • Syn: fiddling, footling, little, niggling, piddling, piffling, petty, picayune, trivial • Similar to: unimportant • Derivationally related forms: trivialize (for: trivial), trivia (for: trivial), triviality (for: trivial), pettiness (for: petty), littleness (for: little) • Usage Domain: colloquialism
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