PYGMY
ADJECTIVES
► MANIKIN ► MANNIKIN dwarf, pygmy, diminutive, undersized, puny → 1840
NOUNS – PERSON
► DANDIPRAT a small, insignificant, or contemptible fellow; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1556 obs.
► DWARFLING a small dwarf; a pygmy → a1618
► HOP-O’-MY-THUMB a little diminutive person; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1530
► MANAKIN ► MANIKIN ► MANNIKIN a little man, often used contemptuously; a dwarf, a pygmy → 1601
► NATOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person a small thin ‘slip of a fellow → 1863 Eng. dial.
► NEFFIT a puny person; a pygmy → Bk1905 Sc.
► OTTOMY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin ‘slip of a fellow’ → 1848 Ireland
► OTTY-MOTTY a pigmy, a diminutive person, a small thin ‘slip of a fellow’ → 1863 Eng. dial.
► TOM THUMB a dwarf or pygmy of popular tradition or fable; hence, a dwarf or diminutive male person; also contemptuously, a petty or insignificant person → 1579
► TWATTLE a pygmy, a dwarf → 1598 obs.
► WRENOCK a pygmy; a dwarf → 1777 Eng. dial.
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