dwarf mann.

Brit.

/ˈdwɔːf man/, U.S.

/ˈd(w)ɔrf ˌmæn/

Inflections: Plural dwarf men.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dwarf n., man n.¹

Etymology: < dwarf n. + man n.¹

1. A man who is very small or short; spec. (a) a member of any of various peoples of characteristically short stature (now historical); (b) a man with a genetic or medical condition causing dwarfism. Cf. dwarf adj. 3.In quot. 1699 in the context of a discussion of the ‘pygmies’ mentioned by classical authors; see pygmy n. 1a.Now potentially offensive if used of a man with dwarfism; cf. note at dwarf n. 1a.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person

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1699 E. Tyson Orang-outang 21 We have frequently seen such Dwarf-Men, yet we did never see a Nation of them.

1784 J. Woodforde Diary 17 Nov. (1926) II. 161 I went and saw the Dwarf Man that is at Norwich... He is exactly 3 Feet high.

1837 Observer 17 Sept. Mr. Harvey Leach, the extraordinary dwarf man, with the long arms and short legs,..has..been making a tour of the Continent with great success.

1884 John Bull 20 Sept. 619/1 These [African] dwarf men possess a great deal of intelligence, and their powers of observation are strongly developed.

1913 Penny Illustr. Paper 1 Mar. 9/2 [In a description of a music hall performance] There is a dwarf-man—he is thirty, and three feet high.

1994 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 48 227 For the lay public [in the 1860s] equatorial Africa had a heady romantic appeal:..there were dwarf-men, men with tails, Amazons, cannibals, unicorns, weird animals, curiosities without end.

2007 China Daily (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 7 Apr. 9 Wei Zeyang, a 22-year-old dwarf man from a poor farmer family in Anhui Province, has lived a pretty tough life. But..he considers himself more independent than his friends.

2. In folklore, mythology, and esp. children's and fantasy fiction: a (male) dwarf (dwarf n. 3).

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1878 F. R. Stockton in St. Nicholas Aug. 671/1 [Referring to ‘a gnome’, one of ‘the fairy folk’.] Every day after that Jules looked for the dwarf-man, but he did not see him again.

1932 Lichfield Mercury 12 Feb. 7/3 A silver bell rang out and hundreds of dwarf men and maidens trooped in.

1960 L. Faulkner Myst. at Long Barrow House iii. 40 She felt her scalp prick at his talk of fairies and dwarf men.

2007 J. Meaney Bone Song xv. 165 One of the dwarf-men raised an axe that shimmered with coherent hex-waves, its edge capable of slicing through the hardest stone or metal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022).

单词	dwarf man
释义	dwarf mann. Brit. /ˈdwɔːf man/, U.S. /ˈd(w)ɔrf ˌmæn/ Inflections: Plural dwarf men. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: dwarf n., man n.¹ Etymology: < dwarf n. + man n.¹ 1. A man who is very small or short; spec. (a) a member of any of various peoples of characteristically short stature (now historical); (b) a man with a genetic or medical condition causing dwarfism. Cf. dwarf adj. 3.In quot. 1699 in the context of a discussion of the ‘pygmies’ mentioned by classical authors; see pygmy n. 1a.Now potentially offensive if used of a man with dwarfism; cf. note at dwarf n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [noun] > person dwarfeOE congeonc1230 go-by-ground?a1300 smalla1300 shrimpc1386 griga1400 gruba1400 murche1440 nirvil1440 mitinga1450 witherling1528 wretchocka1529 elf1530 hop-o'-my-thumb1530 pygmy1533 little person1538 manikin1540 mankin1552 dandiprat1556 yrle1568 grundy1570 Jack Sprat1570 squall1570 manling1573 Tom Thumb1579 pinka1585 squib1586 screaling1594 giant-dwarf1598 twattle1598 agate1600 minimus1600 cock sparrow1602 dapperling1611 modicum1611 scrub1611 sesquipedalian1615 dwarflinga1618 wretchcock1641 homuncio1643 whip-handle1653 homuncule1656 whippersnapper1674 chitterling1675 sprite1684 carliea1689 urling1691 wirling1691 dwarf man1699 poppet1699 durgan1706 short-arse1706 tomtit1706 Lilliputian1726 wallydraigle1736 midge1757 minikin1761 squeeze-crab1785 minimum1796 niff-naff1808 titman1818 teetotum1822 squita1825 cradden1825 nyaff1825 weed1825 pinkeen1850 fingerling1864 Lilliput1867 thumbling1867 midget1869 inch1884 shorty1888 titch1888 skimpling1890 stub1890 scrap1898 pygmoid1922 lofty1933 peewee1935 smidgen1952 pint-size1954 pint-sized1973 munchkin1974 1699 E. Tyson Orang-outang 21 We have frequently seen such Dwarf-Men, yet we did never see a Nation of them. 1784 J. Woodforde Diary 17 Nov. (1926) II. 161 I went and saw the Dwarf Man that is at Norwich... He is exactly 3 Feet high. 1837 Observer 17 Sept. Mr. Harvey Leach, the extraordinary dwarf man, with the long arms and short legs,..has..been making a tour of the Continent with great success. 1884 John Bull 20 Sept. 619/1 These [African] dwarf men possess a great deal of intelligence, and their powers of observation are strongly developed. 1913 Penny Illustr. Paper 1 Mar. 9/2 [In a description of a music hall performance] There is a dwarf-man—he is thirty, and three feet high. 1994 Notes & Rec. Royal Soc. 48 227 For the lay public [in the 1860s] equatorial Africa had a heady romantic appeal:..there were dwarf-men, men with tails, Amazons, cannibals, unicorns, weird animals, curiosities without end. 2007 China Daily (N.Y.) (Electronic ed.) 7 Apr. 9 Wei Zeyang, a 22-year-old dwarf man from a poor farmer family in Anhui Province, has lived a pretty tough life. But..he considers himself more independent than his friends. 2. In folklore, mythology, and esp. children's and fantasy fiction: a (male) dwarf (dwarf n. 3). ΚΠ 1878 F. R. Stockton in St. Nicholas Aug. 671/1 [Referring to ‘a gnome’, one of ‘the fairy folk’.] Every day after that Jules looked for the dwarf-man, but he did not see him again. 1932 Lichfield Mercury 12 Feb. 7/3 A silver bell rang out and hundreds of dwarf men and maidens trooped in. 1960 L. Faulkner Myst. at Long Barrow House iii. 40 She felt her scalp prick at his talk of fairies and dwarf men. 2007 J. Meaney Bone Song xv. 165 One of the dwarf-men raised an axe that shimmered with coherent hex-waves, its edge capable of slicing through the hardest stone or metal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1699
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