Definition of Dwarfed

1. Verb. (past of dwarf) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dwarfed

1. dwarf [v] - See also: dwarf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarfed

dwarf spheroidal
dwarf spheroidal galaxies
dwarf spheroidal galaxy
dwarf spurge
dwarf star
dwarf stars
dwarf sumac
dwarf tinamou
dwarf tinamous
dwarf tulip
dwarf willow
dwarfdom
dwarfed (current term)
dwarfed enamel
dwarfer
dwarfess
dwarfesses
dwarfest
dwarfing
dwarfish
dwarfishly
dwarfishnesses
dwarfisms
dwarflike
dwarfling

Literary usage of Dwarfed

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

1. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Charles Darwin (1888)
"... dwarfed stature and sterility, some utterly barren, some fertile— Oxalis, transmission of form to the legitimate and illegitimate seedlings—Primula ..."

2. Diseases of the rectum and anus by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1906)
"Appearance of dwarfed Child Eighteen Months After Cure ... dwarfed Child Suffering from Prolapse.—Some years ago I was called to see a dwarfed child who had ..."

3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1907)
"The only other interesting pieces of glass in the dwarfed window show a kneeling monk in a dark blue habit, an angel blowing a trumpet, and the sun shining ..."

4. A Monograph on Privately-illustrated Books: A Plea for Bibliomania by Daniel Melancthon Tredwell (1882)
"... where the individual achievements are dwarfed by comparison with and proximity to the grander and more princely productions of the more cultured and ..."

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