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Lilliputian adjective [ ˌlɪlɪˈpjuːʃ(ə)n ]

• trivial or very small.
• "America's banks look Lilliputian in comparison with Japan's"

Lilliputian noun

• a trivial or very small person or thing.
Origin: early 18th century: from the imaginary country of Lilliput in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, inhabited by people 6 inches (15 cm) high, + -ian.


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