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Midget : adj : very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of
drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the
flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
[syn: bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, petite,
tiny, flyspeck]
(noun)
1: a person who is abnormally small [syn: dwarf, nanus]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Midget : \Midg"et\, n. [Dim. of midge.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A minute bloodsucking fly. [Local, U. S.]
2. A very diminutive person.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Midget : Midget: A very small person (or thing). Midget is a picturesque but somewhat disparaging term. It is the diminutive of midge (the insect), and who wants to be a mini-midge? A more correct
term today for a very small person is dwarf or little person.
The notion that a midget is (as some dictionaries state) a "normal dwarf, a person who is unusually short...but is not deformed" is incorrect.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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