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Definition of Dwarfish

1. Adjective. Atypically small. "Dwarf star"

Definition of Dwarfish

1. a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub.

Definition of Dwarfish

1. Adjective. Like a dwarf; being especially small. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dwarfish

1. resembling a dwarf [adj] - See also: dwarf

Medical Definition of Dwarfish

1. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. Dwarf"ishly, Dwarf"ishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dwarfish

Literary usage of Dwarfish

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

1. Africa by Keith Johnston, Augustus Henry Keane (1878)
"dwarfish and other Primeval Rafes. Besides these leading races there are found in several parts of the continent certain dwarfish tribes and peoples that ..."

2. The English Review (1844)
"Let us not lightly match our dwarfish stature against his majestic height. Let him tower unapproachable in his grandeur: let us contemplate him from the ..."

3. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1906)
"... and of so bad presence (for he seemed like a dwarfish ,, * J, ut ij • stature at Monster) there could be so much vertue and rigour ..."

4. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... is abandoned and burnt — Birds of the Equatorial Province—A day's shooting—Sketch nf the dwarfish tribes of Central Africa. ..."

5. Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator: A Story of Nine Months by Arthur Jermy Mounteney Jephson (1890)
"... of the Equatorial Province—A day's shooting—Sketch of the dwarfish tribes of Central Africa. ..."

6. Restituta: Or, Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... A dwarfish beldam bears me company, That hops about the chamber where I lie, And spends the night, that might be better spent, In vain discourse and ..."

7. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"... are so dwarfish and dastardly, should produce the Condor, which is entitled to pre-eminence over all the flying tribe, in bulk, in strength, ..."

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