pygmy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature.

   “I've seen unicorns in Burma and a yeti in Nepal; / and I've danced with ten-foot Pygmies in a Montezuma Hall.”

2. isim A member of a race of dwarfs.
3. isim Any dwarfish person or thing.

   “It was so high up that the people walking about in the street below looked like pygmies.”

4. isim An insignificant person, at least in some respect.

   “On the world stage Germany is an economic giant but a political pygmy, Britain in comparison a political giant but an economic pygmy.”

5. sıfat Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people.
6. sıfat Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind.

   “Amongst foodgrains, as we travelled from the green South and East towards the dry North and West, the pygmy crop of rice gave way to the tall bajra and jowar.”