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Definitions for Pygmy

[1] Anthropology . a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa. a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.
[2] (lowercase ) Disparaging and Offensive . a small or dwarfish person.
[3] (lowercase ) anything very small of its kind.
[4] (lowercase ) a person who is of small importance, or who has some quality, attribute, etc., in very small measure.
[5] Classical Mythology . (in the Iliad ) one of a race of dwarfs who fought battles with cranes, who preyed on them and destroyed their fields.
[6] (often lowercase ) of or relating to the Pygmies.
[7] (lowercase ) of very small size, capacity, power, etc.
[8] an abnormally undersized person
[9] something that is a very small example of its type
[10] a person of little importance or significance
[11] (modifier) of very small stature or size
[12] a member of one of the dwarf peoples of Equatorial Africa, noted for their hunting and forest culture

Words related to Pygmy

midget, dwarf, runt, elf, Lilliputian, gnome, pixy, pigmy, chimpanzee, shrimp

Origin of Pygmy

1350–1400; Middle English pigmēis, plural of pigmē < Latin Pygmaeus < Greek pygmaîos dwarfish (adj.), Pygmy (noun), equivalent to pygm(ḗ ) distance from elbow to knuckles + -aios adj. suffix

Other words from Pygmy

pyg·moid , adjective
pyg·my·ish , adjective
pyg·my·ism , noun

Word origin for Pygmy

C14 pigmeis the Pygmies, from Latin Pygmaeus a Pygmy, from Greek pugmaios undersized, from pugmē fist

Synonyms for Pygmy

midget, Lilliputian, chimpanzee, dwarf, elf, gnome, pigmy, pixy, runt, shrimp