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Definition of Pigmean
1. a. See Pygmean.
Definition of Pigmean
1. Adjective. (alternative form of pygmean) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pigmean
1. pertaining to pygmies [adj] - See also: pygmies
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pigmean
Literary usage of Pigmean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1882)
"He had, no doubt, read Sir John Mandeville's travels and his account of the
pigmean Isle beyond the Indian mount. But, after all, the Highlanders had a Sin. ..."
2. Travels in Canada, and the United States, in 1816 and 1817 by Francis Hall (1819)
"The human stature is, indeed, pigmean beside it; but there is another, and still
more striking point, under which, it may be considered. ..."
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