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littleness

Roget-categorie 193

2. Words relating to space
2.2. Dimensions
›› 2.2.1. General dimensions

#193. Littleness

zelfstandig naamwoord

littleness etc. adj. — smallness etc. (of quantity) 32exiguity, inextensionparvitude, parvityduodecimoElzevir edition, epitome, microcosmrudimentvanishing pointthinness etc. 203.
dwarf, pygmy, pigmy, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon, urchin, elfatomy, dandipratdoll, puppetTom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumbmanikin, mannikinhomunculus, dapperling, cock-sparrow.
animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, entozoonbacteriainfusoriamicrozoa [Micro.]phytozoariamicrobegrubtit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small frymillet seed, mustard seedbarleycornpebble, grain of sandmolehill, button, bubble.
pointatom etc. (small quantity) 32fragment etc. (small part) 51powder etc. 330point of a pin, mathematical pointminutiae etc. (unimportance) 643.
micrometervernierscale.
microphotography, photomicrography, micrographyphotomicrograph, microphotographmicroscopymicroscope (optical instruments) 445.

werkwoord

be little etc. adj. — lie in a nutshellbecome small etc. (decrease) 36, (contract) 195.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

littlesmall etc. (in quantity) 32minute, diminutive, microscopicmicrozoalinconsiderable etc. (unimportant) 643exiguous, puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin, miniature, pygmy, pigmy, elfinundersizeddwarf, dwarfed, dwarfishspare, stunted, limitedcramp, crampedpollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocketportative, portableduodecimodumpy, squatshort etc. 201.
impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivialinfinitesimal, homoeopathicatomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecularrudimentary, rudimentalembryonic, vestigial.
weazen, scant, scraggy, scrubbythin etc. (narrow) 203granular etc. (powdery) 330shrunk etc. 195brevipennate.

bijwoord

in a small compass, in a nutshellon a small scaleminutely, microscopically.

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