Pygmy

Pyg·my also Pig·my  (pgm)

n. pl. Pyg·mies

1. Greek Mythology A member of a race of dwarfs.

2. also pygmy A member of any of various peoples, especially of equatorial Africa and parts of southeast Asia, having an average height less than 5 feet (127 centimeters). Not in scientific use.

3. pygmy

a. An individual of unusually small size.

b. An individual considered to be of little or no importance.

adj.

1. also pygmy Of or relating to the Pygmies. Not in scientific use.

2. pygmy

a. Unusually or atypically small.

b. Unimportant; trivial.

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[Middle English pigmie, from Latin Pygmae, the Pygmies, from Greek Pugmaioi, from pugm, cubit, fist; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]

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pygmy

Noun

pl -mies

1. something that is a very small example of its type

2. an abnormally undersized person

3. a person of little importance or significance

Adjective

very small: the pygmy anteater [Greek pugmaios undersized]

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Pygmy

Noun

pl -mies a member of one of the very short peoples of Equatorial Africa

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pygmy - an unusually small individual pigmy small person - a person of below average size
	2.	Pygmy - any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet Pigmy small person - a person of below average size

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pygmy or pigmy

modifier 1. small, miniature, dwarf, tiny, wee, stunted, diminutive, minuscule, midget, elfin, undersized, teeny-weeny, Lilliputian, dwarfish, teensy-weensy, pygmean

noun 2. midget, dwarf, shrimp (informal) Lilliputian, Tom Thumb, munchkin (informal), chiefly U.S. homunculus, manikin

noun 3. nonentity, nobody, lightweight (informal) mediocrity, cipher, small fry, pipsqueak (informal)

Translations

pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] n → pigmeo/a

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pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] n → pygmée m/f

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pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] n → Pygmäe m

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pygmy [ˈpɪgmɪ] n → pigmeo/a