Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lilliput

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.11 in modern English

Syllables: lil-liput
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.

name

A townland in County Westmeath, Leinster, Ireland.

name

An imaginary island populated by tiny people, in the book Gulliver's Travels.

name

A generic fictional country, sometimes contrasted with a counterpart Brobdingnag or Blefuscu.

name

A locality in the Shire of Indigo, north eastern Victoria, Australia.

Example Sentences

"John Hardesty Bland (1971), Forests of Lilliput The Realm of Mosses and Lichens: “(book title)”"
"Ronald E. Miller, Peter D. Blair (2009), Input-Output Analysis: Foundations and Extensions, page 388: “The Land of Lilliput plans to build a new power plant”"
"Dermot McAleese (2004), Economics for Business: Competition, Macro-stability, and Globalisation: “Two economies, Lilliput and Oz, exist beside each other[…]”"

Etymology

From Lilliput, in reference to their small size.

Inflected Forms

lilliputs (plural)

Derived Forms

lilliputian

Questions

What does lilliput mean?: Any of various small freshwater mussels of the genus Toxolasma, found mainly in the southeastern United States.
Where does lilliput come from?: From Lilliput, in reference to their small size.

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