munchkinadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈmʌn(t)ʃkɪn/, U.S.

/ˈmən(t)ʃkɪn/

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Munchkin.

Etymology: < Munchkin, the name of a member of a race of small, childlike creatures who help Dorothy in her quest for the city of Oz in the children's fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), U.S. writer, probably after munch v. and -kin suffix.For examples of Baum’s use of the word compare:1900 L. F. Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz 40 ‘There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of.’ ‘What is that?..the Munchkin farmer who made you?’1900 L. F. Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz 59 The wicked Witch of the East..had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl.Public familiarity with the Munchkins increased after the release of the film version of the story in 1939.

colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).

A. adj. (attributive).

That resembles a Munchkin; small, childlike; resembling a child in size or character; designed for children.

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the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective]

shorta900

littleOE

lowa1398

untallc1535

dwarfish1542

shrimpish1549

pygmy1592

shrubby1603

dapper1606

punya1616

runtisha1642

truss1674

sesquipedalian1741

smally1764

petite1766

elfin1796

scram1825

squibbish1826

gnomic1845

dwarf-like1850

knee-high to a grasshopper1851

underhanded1856

nanoid1857

whipping-snapping1861

scrunty1868

midget1875

short-set1883

sawed-off1887

strunty1897

munchkin1930

sawn-off1936

short-arsed1951

1930 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 21 Sept. (Fiction section) 2/1 ‘Well,’ she said to Margaret, ‘what happened to the poor Munchkin boy?’

1978 Los Angeles Times 22 Jan. iii. 12 Overseeing a bunch of munchkin basketball players.

1988 People (Electronic ed.) 2 May ‘I'm not what you call butch,’ says the 4 ft. 10½ in...Krone in her munchkin voice.

1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 21 Dec. 27/2 Watching the movie isn't half as entertaining as listening to the shrieks of munchkin laughter and parental..reassurances it provokes.

1994 Chicago Tribune 3 July xvii. 1/1 Sad that a car so nicely redesigned to look huge from the outside still has munchkin capacity to hold humans in the back seat.

2000 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 23 Nov. (headline) Munchkin Olympics:..special tennis event provided youngsters with skill competition.

B. n.

1. A small and endearing person; esp. a child. Also used as a term of endearment.

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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

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Jack Sprat1570

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Tom Thumb1579

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Lilliput1867

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titch1888

skimpling1890

stub1890

scrap1898

pygmoid1922

lofty1933

peewee1935

smidgen1952

pint-size1954

pint-sized1973

munchkin1974

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > mischievousness > mischievous person

munchkin1974

1974 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 14 Mar. 58/1 [Detective] J. W. Thompson is called ‘Munchkin’ by the others. His speciality is auto thieves and burglars.

1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxviii. 325 The meeting consisted only of Marge, Sonia, Ernie Mason—the poetic munchkin—and Eli Hurwood.

1985 D. Koontz Door to December xxi. 236 Better beware out here, my rock-'n'-roll munchkins.

1993 Quarry Mag. Apr. 66 He told her he missed her, his little munchkin, and when would she come over and use the swimming pool?

1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xxi. 290 O'Day walked right past him, just another father in to pick up his munchkin.

2000 Sunday Times (Electronic ed.) 31 Dec. It's the same lessons and carols every year, the same close-up of a blond munchkin with his mouth open, frilled up like a lamb cutlet.

2. U.S. slang (humorous or derogatory). A minor public official.

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1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. i. 19/3 His real feelings about the munchkins in the criminal division.

1983 Times 10 Sept. 20 One of President Reagan's aides..described a woman who left the President's employ as a ‘low-level munchkin’.

1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 30 July d2 It seems that a number of low-rung munchkins at the endowment have mastered the art of padding their own nests.

1996 New Republic 11 Mar. 9/2 Buchanan has fired two campaign munchkins with connections to David Duke.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	munchkin
释义	munchkinadj.n. Brit. /ˈmʌn(t)ʃkɪn/, U.S. /ˈmən(t)ʃkɪn/ Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Munchkin. Etymology: < Munchkin, the name of a member of a race of small, childlike creatures who help Dorothy in her quest for the city of Oz in the children's fantasy The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900), by L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), U.S. writer, probably after munch v. and -kin suffix.For examples of Baum’s use of the word compare:1900 L. F. Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz 40 ‘There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of.’ ‘What is that?..the Munchkin farmer who made you?’1900 L. F. Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz 59 The wicked Witch of the East..had promised the old woman I should not marry the pretty Munchkin girl.Public familiarity with the Munchkins increased after the release of the film version of the story in 1939. colloquial (originally and chiefly North American). A. adj. (attributive). That resembles a Munchkin; small, childlike; resembling a child in size or character; designed for children. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily height > shortness > [adjective] shorta900 littleOE lowa1398 untallc1535 dwarfish1542 shrimpish1549 pygmy1592 shrubby1603 dapper1606 punya1616 runtisha1642 truss1674 sesquipedalian1741 smally1764 petite1766 elfin1796 scram1825 squibbish1826 gnomic1845 dwarf-like1850 knee-high to a grasshopper1851 underhanded1856 nanoid1857 whipping-snapping1861 scrunty1868 midget1875 short-set1883 sawed-off1887 strunty1897 munchkin1930 sawn-off1936 short-arsed1951 1930 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 21 Sept. (Fiction section) 2/1 ‘Well,’ she said to Margaret, ‘what happened to the poor Munchkin boy?’ 1978 Los Angeles Times 22 Jan. iii. 12 Overseeing a bunch of munchkin basketball players. 1988 People (Electronic ed.) 2 May ‘I'm not what you call butch,’ says the 4 ft. 10½ in...Krone in her munchkin voice. 1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 21 Dec. 27/2 Watching the movie isn't half as entertaining as listening to the shrieks of munchkin laughter and parental..reassurances it provokes. 1994 Chicago Tribune 3 July xvii. 1/1 Sad that a car so nicely redesigned to look huge from the outside still has munchkin capacity to hold humans in the back seat. 2000 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Electronic ed.) 23 Nov. (headline) Munchkin Olympics:..special tennis event provided youngsters with skill competition. B. n. 1. A small and endearing person; esp. a child. Also used as a term of endearment. 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 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > mischievousness > mischievous person munchkin1974 1974 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 14 Mar. 58/1 [Detective] J. W. Thompson is called ‘Munchkin’ by the others. His speciality is auto thieves and burglars. 1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xxviii. 325 The meeting consisted only of Marge, Sonia, Ernie Mason—the poetic munchkin—and Eli Hurwood. 1985 D. Koontz Door to December xxi. 236 Better beware out here, my rock-'n'-roll munchkins. 1993 Quarry Mag. Apr. 66 He told her he missed her, his little munchkin, and when would she come over and use the swimming pool? 1996 T. Clancy Executive Orders xxi. 290 O'Day walked right past him, just another father in to pick up his munchkin. 2000 Sunday Times (Electronic ed.) 31 Dec. It's the same lessons and carols every year, the same close-up of a blond munchkin with his mouth open, frilled up like a lamb cutlet. 2. U.S. slang (humorous or derogatory). A minor public official. ΚΠ 1981 W. Safire in N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. i. 19/3 His real feelings about the munchkins in the criminal division. 1983 Times 10 Sept. 20 One of President Reagan's aides..described a woman who left the President's employ as a ‘low-level munchkin’. 1990 Washington Times (Nexis) 30 July d2 It seems that a number of low-rung munchkins at the endowment have mastered the art of padding their own nests. 1996 New Republic 11 Mar. 9/2 Buchanan has fired two campaign munchkins with connections to David Duke. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1930
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