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Example sentence: She had embroidered Lilliputian flowers and butterflies along the outside edge.
Note: Lilliputian is derived from a proper noun, the fictional place Lilliput, and is therefore capitalized. However, when it is used to mean "very small" (as in the sentence above), it is often not capitalized.
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What weapons did the Lilliputian's use against Gulliver?
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What is a lilliputian?
Lilliputian are the peoples living in the island of Lilliput. They were about six inches tall.
What is lilliputian?
Lilliputian are the peoples living in the island of Lilliput. They were about six inches tall.
Using lilliputian in a sentence?
How about this: "Yielding similar hues of the embroidery, its hand-applied Lilliputian blood garnets & ranks of tiny black pearls along the hemline & front pockets, the skirt is a royal show of tailored elegance..." Sarah, by Ginger Stone (a work in progress, 2010). Do you folks think it makes this sentence too wordy? In other words, should I simply use the word "small" in its stead?considering that "Lilliputian" means 'little' or 'tiny', as well as of, relating to, or characteristic of the the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput' lets see who can create a great sentence using it!examples:a. the lilliputian man lived in the jungle.b. have you ever seen a lilliputian doing an Irish jig?ok...I know these are lame...but then why don't YOU come up with better ones!c. Nick named "El terrier," this 4-foot, 10 1/2 inch lilliputian with the Brobdingnagian punch gave special meaning to the time-honored saying" It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog," as he personally decimated the entire fifties flyweight population named Pascual "skylark" Perez.
Why does the Lilliputian king become mad at?
If this is reference to Gulliver's travels, the lilliputian king is angered with Gulliver because he had the lilliputian scientists make gunpowder, which blew up one of the tables.
What did the Lilliputian the belong to Gulliver?
his hat
What is the description of a Lilliputian hallucination?
An hallucination in which things, people, or animals seem smaller than they would be in real life. Lilliputian refers to the "little people" who lived (fictionally) on the island of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's 1726 masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. The term "Lilliputian hallucination"
What words had its origin in Swift's Gulliver's Travels?
Lilliputian
What you called short heighted men and women?
Lilliputian
A doorknob is about 1 millimeter from the floor?
no unless you are a lilliputian.
Who posed the most dangerous threat of invasion for the Lilliputian?
The blefuscudians
Who was Gulliver's friend among the Lilliputian's officials?
Reldresal
