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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
midget From the web:
- what midget died recently
- what midget died in 2020
- what's midget submarine
- what midget car
- what midget just passed away
tiny
English
Alternative forms
- tyny (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English tine, tyne (“very small”) + -y. Perhaps from tine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?ni/
- Rhymes: -a?ni
Adjective
tiny (comparative tinier, superlative tiniest)
- Very small.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:tiny
Antonyms
- huge
- great
Derived terms
- tininess
- tinily
Translations
Noun
tiny (plural tinies)
- A small child; an infant.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:
- ‘You know I loved your husband like a brother, and you know I've loved you and Sylvia ever since she was a tiny.’
- 1982, Young children in China (page 84)
- The lessons we saw have been well suited to the age of the children as regards music, singing and moving (and stories about animals for the tinies and more abstract themes for the older children).
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 28:
- Anything very small.
Translations
Anagrams
- tiyn
tiny From the web:
- what tiny bone is attached to the eardrum
- what tiny seed removes fat
- what tiny bugs jump
- what tiny lister die from
- what tiny animals from coral reefs
- what tiny animals eat grass
- what tiny means
- what tiny tattoo should i get
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