lilliput

(ˈlɪlɪˌpʊt)

adj

tiny

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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Noun

Lilliput - 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

Translations

Lilliput

n → Liliput 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.

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Here is how Swift tells us of Gulliver's arrival in Lilliput, the country of the tiny folk.

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Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.]

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