DWARF, DWARFED, DWARFISH
ADJECTIVES
► BOTTREL dwarfish, thickset → Bk1911 Sc.
► DANKS dwarfish → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DWARFY dwarfish → 1607
► KNURLY dwarfish, of the nature of a knurl → 1758
► MANIKIN ► MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny → 1840
► NANOID resembling a dwarf, dwarf-like → 1856
► NAUCHLIE dwarfish, stunted, ill-shaped → 1880 Sc.
► NIRLIE dwarfish, stunted, shrivelled; said of animals and plants → 1825 Sc.
► ON-SETTEN dwarfish → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► PUMIL dwarf, dwarfish, diminutive 1776 obs.
► PYGMEAN dwarfish, diminutive; of the nature or size of a pygmy → 1645
► SCRUBBED stunted, dwarfed → 1600 obs.
► STRUNTY dwarfish, short, stumpy, stunted → 1756 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► TAM dwarf; short → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► UBIT dwarfish → Bk1905 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABLACH a dwarf; an expression of contempt → 1790 Sc. obs.
► AWTUS a dwarf; any diminutive thing → Sc. (Bk.)
► BLASTIE a dwarfish, shrivelled person; an ill-tempered or unmanageable child → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOD a dwarf; a person of small size → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOODIE a dwarf; a small and unattractive person → Bk1911 Sc.
► BOTTREL a dwarfish, thickset person → Bk1911 Sc.
► CRADDEN ► CRADDON a dwarf 1825 → Sc.
► CROIL ► CROWL a very small person; a dwarf → 1621 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CROOT a dwarf; something curbed in its growth → 1825 Sc. obs.
► CROYL a dwarf; a stunted, deformed person or child; a small, sickly child → 1776 Sc.
► DACHAN a dwarfish, puny creature → 1905 Sc. obs.
► DANDIPRAT ► DANDY-PRAT a dwarf; a pygmy; a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow → 1556 obs. or arch.
► DANDY-SPRAT a dwarf; a person of small or insignificant stature → 1888 Eng. dial.
► DAWF a dwarf → Bk1900 Eng. dial.
► DEARCH ► DERCH a dwarf → c1500 Sc. obs.
► DURGAN ► DURGEN a dwarf; an undersized person or animal; a little, thickset person → 1706 Eng. dial.
► DWARFESS a female dwarf → 1835
► DWARFLING a small dwarf; a pygmy → a1618
► DWARF-MAN a dwarf; a very small man → 1877
► DWERG a dwarf → 1892
► GARLACH a dwarf → 1936 Sc.
► GIANT-DWARF a dwarf with the power of a giant → 1598 obs.
► GRIG a diminutive person; a dwarf → 1400 obs.
► GRUB a short, dwarfish fellow → 1400 contemptuous usage, obs.
► HERLE a mischievous dwarf; an ill-conditioned child → 1825 Sc.
► HOMUNCULE a dwarf; a little or diminutive man → 1656
► HOP-O’-MY-THUMB a dwarf; a pygmy; a little diminutive person → 1530
► JACK-A-LENT ► JACK O’ LENT a dwarf → 1596 colloq.
► JACK SPRAT a dwarf; an undersized man or boy; a very small man → c1570
► JACK-STRAW a dwarf → Bk1896 sl.
► KNUR ► KNURR a deformed dwarf; a thickset, stumpy person → 1691 Eng. dial.
► KNURL ► NURL a deformed dwarf; a thickset, stumpy person → 1691 Eng. dial.
► KNURLIN ► KNURLING a deformed dwarf; a thickset, stumpy person → a1796 Sc.
► LAGHERY-MAN a dwarfish, bewitched person → 1890 Eng. dial.
► MANAKIN ► MANIKIN ► MANNIKIN a deformed dwarf; a pygmy; a little man → 1601
► MUNCHKIN a deformed dwarf; a small or insignificant person → 1590
► MURCHE a dwarf → 1440 obs.
► NABBITY a dwarf → Bk1880 Eng. dial.
► NAUCHLE a dwarf → 1825 Sc.
► NIRL a dwarf; a puny person 1823 Sc.
► NURVIL a dwarf; a little man → 1499 obs.
► OOLIT a dwarf → Bk1905 Sc.
► PUG a dwarf; a short or stumpy person or thing → M19 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PUMILIO a person or thing of unusually small stature or size; a dwarf; a dwarf plant → 1576 obs.
► SCRIMMAGE a dwarf; a term of opprobrium → 1871 Eng. dial.
► THRUGGIL a dwarf; a short, stunted person → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► TIT-MAN a dwarf; a man who is stunted physically or mentally → 1849 Amer. dial.
► TOM THUMB a dwarf or diminutive male person → 1579
► TWATTLE a pygmy, a dwarf → 1598 obs.
► UNDERLING a dwarf; a sickly or stunted child → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► URF a dwarfish person; a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► URLING a dwarfish person or child; a puny, stunted, sickly child → 1788 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WARF a dwarfish person; a stunted, ill-grown, and ill-conditioned person → 1818 Sc.
► WILK a dwarf → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► WIPPET a dwarfish person → Bk1855 Eng. dial.
► WIRL a dwarf; a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person, a dwarf → 1893 Sc.
► WIRLIN ► WIRLING ► WURLIN a dwarf; a puny or stunted person → 1751 Sc. obs.
► WIRLY-WARLY a dwarf; a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person → 1856 Sc.
► WIRRAL a dwarf; a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person → 1935 Sc.
► WRENOCK a dwarf; a pygmy → 1777 Eng. dial.
► WROW a dwarf; a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person → 1893 Sc.
► WURF a dwarfish person → 1838 Sc.
► WURL a dwarf; a puny, ill-developed person; a stunted or deformed person → 1898 Sc.
► YRLE a dwarfish person → 1568 Sc. obs.
► YURLIN ► YURLING a dwarf; a puny, stunted, creature → Bk1887 Sc.
VERBS
► DWARFIFY to dwarf → 1816
► PYGMY to dwarf; to reduce to insignificance → 1658