Lilliput


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lilliput

(ˈlɪlɪˌpʊt)
adj
tiny
n
a tiny person or being, such as a child
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Lil•li•put

(ˈlɪl ɪˌpʌt, -pət)

n.
an imaginary country inhabited by people about 6 in. (15 cm) tall, described in Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726).
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Noun1.Lilliput - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny peopleLilliput - a land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people
fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
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Lilliput

nLiliput nt
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The pigmy size of the Lilliputians symbolizes the littleness of mankind and their interests; the superior skill in rope-dancing which with them is the ground for political advancement, the political intrigues of real men; and the question whether eggs shall be broken on the big or the little end, which has embroiled Lilliput in a bloody war, both civil and foreign, the trivial causes of European conflicts.
Here is how Swift tells us of Gulliver's arrival in Lilliput, the country of the tiny folk.
Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.]
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