pigmy Definition

pigmy pygmy

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pygmy
pigmy
noun pygmies

1. A member of one of the unusually short peoples of equatorial Africa.

Form: Pygmy
2. An undersized person; a dwarf.
3. derog
Someone insignificant, especially in a specified field.
Example: an intellectual pygmy

adj

1. Belonging or relating to a small-sized breed.

Example: pygmy hippopotamus

Derivative: pygmaean
adj

Etymology: 14c: from Greek pygme the distance from knuckle to elbow.