Where does “lilliputian” come from?
Lilliputian comes from English literary coinage based on Lilliput, the fictional island of tiny people in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, used to describe something or someone extremely small.
lilliputian (English): Alternative form of lilliputian
Definitions
- Alternative form of lilliputian
Ancestry of “lilliputian”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lilliput | Any of various small freshwater mussels of the... |
| 2 | English | Lilliput | — |
Words derived from “lilliputian”