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Meaning of Lilliputian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ˌlɪlɪˈpjuʃən

Definitions

  1. A very small person or being.
  2. A fruit fly gene that, when mutated, makes cells abnormally small. See AFF2.

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Examples

“I reflected what a Mortification it muſt prove to me to appear as inconſiderable in this Nation as one ſingle Lilliputian would be among us.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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