| 单词 | little person |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle person little person n. (now sometimes with capital initials) a person who is exceptionally short genetically, a dwarf (cf. little people n. 1).In early use not a fixed collocation. 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 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Nanus..a lyttell person, a dwarfe. 1776 Entick's New Spelling Dict. (rev. ed.) 98 Congeton..dwarf, a little person. 1839 W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. 18 (note) The name Dandiprat is..commonly applied to any dwarf or little person. 1965 Ebony Oct. 112/2 More important than the job problems little people face are the many social problems... [In] young adulthood..the little person begins to wonder if he or she can have a home and family. 2005 B. M. Adelson Dwarfism (2011) v. 216 If she [sc. a pediatrician] were just a Little Person it would be a novelty. The fact is, she's a fabulous doctor. < as lemmas |
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