Dwarfish

Dwarfish
Dwarfish Dwarf"ish, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- {Dwarf"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Dwarf"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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  • dwarfish — 1560s, from DWARF (Cf. dwarf) + ISH (Cf. ish) …   Etymology dictionary

  • dwarfish — dwarf ► NOUN (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) 1) a member of a mythical race of short, stocky human like creatures. 2) an abnormally small person. 3) (before another noun ) (of an animal or plant) much smaller than is usual for its type or species. 4)… …   English terms dictionary

  • dwarfish — adjective see dwarf I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • dwarfish — dwarfishly, adv. dwarfishness, n. /dwawr fish/, adj. like a dwarf, esp. in being abnormally small; diminutive. [1555 65; DWARF + ISH1] Syn. pygmy, tiny, stunted, runty. * * * …   Universalium

  • dwarfish — adjective Like a dwarf; being especially small …   Wiktionary

  • dwarfish — dwarf·ish (dworґfish) pertaining to or like a dwarf; called also nanoid and nanous …   Medical dictionary

  • dwarfish — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. diminutive, tiny, small, minute; see little 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • dwarfish — dwarf·ish || dwÉ”rfɪʃ / dwɔːf adj. like a dwarf, stunted, undersized, tiny …   English contemporary dictionary

  • dwarfish — a. Stunted, dwarfed, undersized, diminutive, small, little, tiny, liliputian, pygmean, pygmy …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • dwarfish — adj runty, pygmy, undersized, squat, stunted, atrophied, stubby, dumpy, truncated, scrubby, wizened, (of trees or shrubbery) pollard; short, little, small, miniature, miniscule, minikin, diminutive, tiny, half pint, elfin, bantam, slight,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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