Dwarfish

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; diminutive: as, a dwarfish animal; a dwarfish shrub.
  • Slight; petty; despicable.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty.
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  • adjective. Like a dwarf; being especially small.
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  • adjective. atypically small
    • Word Usage
    "That Palmeto grows with us, which we call the dwarfish sort; but the Palmeto-Tree I have not yet met withal in North-Carolina, of which you have a Description elsewhere."
    Equivalent
    little  small  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Herculean  Pigmy  bandy  comical-looking  cross-eyed  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    petty  
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