Definition of Lilliput

1. Noun. A land imagined by Jonathan Swift that was inhabited by tiny people.

Generic synonyms: Fictitious Place, Imaginary Place, Mythical Place
Derivative terms: Lilliputian

Definition of Lilliput

1. a very small person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lilliput

Lillia
Lillian
Lillian Gish
Lillian Hellman
Lillian Russell
Lilliana
Lilliane
Lillianna
Lillias
Lillie
Lillie's azure-eosin stain
Lillie's ferrous iron stain
Lillie's sulfuric acid Nile blue stain
Lillie Langtry
Lilliput
Lilliputian
Lilly
Lillyan
Lillyanne
Lilo
Lilongwe
Lily
Lily of the Valley
Lilyan
Lilyann
Lima
Lima wood
Limacidae
Liman

Literary usage of Lilliput

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"... the Metropolis of lilliput describ'd, together with the Emperor's Palace. A Conversation between the Author and a principal Secretary, ..."

2. The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of by George Atherton Aitken, John Arbuthnot (1892)
"... transcribed out of Captain Lemuel Gulliver's general description of lilliput, ... during my stay in lilliput, I was very inquisitive about the state of ..."

3. Everyday Classics: Primer-eighth Reader. by Franklin Thomas Baker, Ashley Horace Thorndike, Fannie Wyche Dunn, Mildred Batchelder (1917)
"GULLIVER IN lilliput There have been many stories invented, that is, made up, ... Me has his imaginary traveler, Gulliver, go first to lilliput, ..."

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