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Dwarfishness — Dwarfish Dwarf ish, a. Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. {Dwarf ish*ly}, adv. {Dwarf ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dwarfishness — noun see dwarf I … New Collegiate Dictionary
dwarfishness — dwarf·ish·ness … English syllables
dwarfishness — noun smallness of stature • Derivationally related forms: ↑dwarfish • Hypernyms: ↑smallness, ↑littleness * * * noun see dwarfish * * * dwarfˈishness noun • • • … Useful english dictionary
restricted growth — dwarfishness Restricted comes from a Latin verb meaning to hold back deliberately, and the only true human restricted growth was among the hapless Chinese women whose feet had been bound to keep them small. A BBC programme broadcast on 15… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
Mendel, Mendelism — • Gregor Johann Mendel (the first name was taken on entrance to his order), b. 22 July, 1822, at Heinzendorf near Odrau, in Austrian Silesia; d. 6 January 1884, at the Augustinian Abbey of St. Thomas, Brunn Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Nanism — Na nism (n[=a] n[i^]z m; n[a^]n [i^]z m), n. [Gr. na^nos + ism: cf. F. nanisme.] The condition of being abnormally small in stature; dwarfism; dwarfishness; opposed to {gigantism}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dwarf — I. noun (plural dwarfs; also dwarves) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dwerg, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, dweorh; akin to Old High German twerg dwarf Date: before 12th century 1. a. a person of unusually small stature;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Dwarfs (Discworld) — Dwarfs in Terry Pratchett s Discworld novels are similar to the Dwarves of J. R. R. Tolkien s Middle earth, to which they largely started out as a homage, and dwarves in other fantasy novels. They are short, stocky, bearded metal workers,… … Wikipedia
microsomia — n. [Gr. mikros, small; soma, body] Dwarfishness; nanism … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
