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dwarfish
English
Etymology
dwarf +? -ish
Adjective
dwarfish (comparative more dwarfish, superlative most dwarfish)
- Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 2, [1]
- […] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.
- 1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, [2]
- Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.
- 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Gold-Bug" [3]
- The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.
- c. 1605, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act V, Scene 2, [1]
- Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
- Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.
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midget
English
Etymology
Diminutive of midge (from Old English mygg, my?? (“gnat”), from Proto-Germanic *mugj?, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)), using the suffix -et, originally (1865) for a "little sand fly", only around 1869 also a "very small person".
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?d??t
Noun
midget (plural midgets)
- (originally) A little sandfly.
- Although tiny and just two-winged, midgets can bite you till you itch all over your unprotected skin.
- (loosely) Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
- (sometimes offensive) A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10". [from later 19th c.]
- (sometimes offensive) Any short person.
- (attributively) A small version of something; miniature.
- the midget pony
Usage notes
- Used for an insect, this is a variation on midge that is incorrect but commonly used.
- Use of this word to describe a short person may be considered offensive.
Synonyms
- (person below 4'10"): dwarf (loosely), little person
- (derogatory: any small person): dwarf, short-arse, shortie/shorty, tich/titch, vertically challenged person (humorous)
- (swarming insect): midge
- (miniature): dwarf
Antonyms
- (derogatory: any small person): giant
- (miniature): giant
Hyponyms
- (a small person): manikin, homunculus, pygmy, lilliputian
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “midget”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
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