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lilliputians

lilliputians is the plural of lilliputian.

Meaning of lilliputian

Noun

lilliputian (plural lilliputians)

  1. A very small person or being.
    • I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the...
  2. A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.
  3. Involving delusions or hallucinations of tiny beings.
    • lilliputian schizophrenia

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Noun capitalized: Lilliputians

Lilliputians

  1. (plural) plural of Lilliputian

Questions about lilliputians

What is lilliputians the plural of?
Lilliputians is the plural of lilliputian.
What part of speech is lilliputians?
Lilliputians is a noun.

Words near lilliputians in the dictionary

  1. lilliputianize
  2. lilliputianized
  3. lilliputianizes
  4. lilliputianizing
  5. Lilliputianly
  6. lilliputians
  7. lilliputs
  8. Lillo
  9. Lillooet
  10. Lillooets
  11. Lillos

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