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dwarfy

UK/ˈdwɔː.fi/US/ˈdwɔɹ.fi/

dwarfy adjective: much undersized; dwarfish.

Adjective

dwarfy (comparative more dwarfy, superlative most dwarfy)

  1. Much undersized; dwarfish.
    • […] Adam vvas thus abſtracted from humane feculencies, and carryed above the perch and flight of the narrovv and dvvarfie proſpect of mortality; […]1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XLII, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas]...

Forms of dwarfy

comparativemore dwarfy
superlativemost dwarfy
alternative formdwarvy

Origin of dwarfy

From dwarf + -y.

Questions about dwarfy

What does dwarfy mean?
Dwarfy means much undersized; dwarfish.
What part of speech is dwarfy?
Dwarfy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dwarfy?
Dwarfy is pronounced /ˈdwɔɹ.fi/ (US).

Words near dwarfy in the dictionary

  1. dwarfmaids
  2. dwarfness
  3. dwarfs
  4. dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants
  5. dwarfsploitation
  6. dwarfy
  7. Dwarka
  8. dwarrow
  9. dwarrowdam
  10. dwarrowdams
  11. dwarrows

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