Midget

//ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison. derogatory, sometimes

    "the midget pony"

  2. 2
    a person who is markedly small wordnet
  3. 3
    Alternative form of midge (“small fly”) Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, archaic
  4. 4
    A short person. derogatory, offensive

    "They [children] realize their oughts no less sharply than their crosses; and this even though they are midgets in a land of giants who have forgotten much of their language and whose right is often founded solely on force majeure."

  5. 5
    Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one. attributive, derogatory
Adjective
  1. 1
    very small wordnet

Synonyms

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dwarfdwarfmidgepygmymunchkinbantam

Example

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"Dima actually thought that midget porn is some subtype of child porn."

Etymology

From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)).

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