1. (

• lilliputian ,

) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian) ;

2. (

• Lilliputian

) a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift ;

1. (

• Lilliputian

) tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population" ;

2. (

• bantam ,
• diminutive ,
• lilliputian ,
• midget ,
• petite ,
• tiny ,
• flyspeck

) very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" ;

3. (

• fiddling ,
• footling ,
• lilliputian ,
• little ,
• niggling ,
• piddling ,
• piffling ,
• petty ,
• picayune ,
• trivial

) (informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction" ;