pygmy

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1. pygmy - Noun

2. pygmy - Adjective

Meaning

Alt. of Pygmean

One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf.

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Cat: a pygmy lion who loves mice, hates dogs, and patronizes human beings. Oliver Herford

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy. George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen

One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn't merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun. Novalis

Me, I was still in the pygmy hippo in a skirt, singing lusty songs about Solomon's private life and a giant stone back and forth through the air as I climbed out of the quarry at the edge of the site. Jonathan Stroud

Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy. Charles Caleb Colton

And I like pygmy goats, because they're just lovely, and ducks. Richard Hammond

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