dwarfy

comparative dwarfier · superlative dwarfiest · alternative dwarvy

1. Much undersized; dwarfish.

   […] Adam vvas thus abſtracted from humane feculencies, and carryed above the perch and flight of the narrovv and dvvarfie proſpect of mortality; […]

   1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XLII, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 487

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   The thing is, if you want to raise some water lilies, the prefab ponds aren't really deep enough. They seem to be made with "don't drown the children" in mind, but anyone who does all that work of landscaping around one of those shallow suckers thinking they'll have nice waterlilies, well, maybe the dwarfiest dullest kinds.

   2001 May 13, paghat, “Buying too many plants”, in rec.gardens (Usenet)

2. informalResembling or characteristic of a dwarf (member of a mythological race).

   Don't forget the bloody Asterix style King on the shield. The throne of power was much dwarfier.

   2001 December 15, Robert Singers, “[WFB] Sam's Uber lists”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet)

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   No want elfy ears. no elfy eating, see the sign? […] You know what tastes better though? Dwarf. Go find some dwarfy ears, they're much more scrumdiddlyumtious =)

   1997 May 31, Sue Bogar, “What's That Fruity Smell?”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)

   Hmm.. I think if you had enough of a database, you could choose to have a name given to you 'depending on what your birth place is' i.e. a Minoc-liver would have a dwarfy name, and a Magincia-dweller would have a magy name 'like Raistlin or fireThrower'..

   1999 August 11, N, “Cool Guild”, in alt.books.stephen-king (Usenet)

   I don't remember there being an explicit blood relationship, but tallfellows (IIRC) were 'elfy halflings' and stouts (IIRC) were 'dwarfy halflings' (no, I don't care enough to actually look it up).

   2007 April 13, Keith Davies, “{Jim Davies} Aaargh House Rules review”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

   The races show greater divergence than core rules; as they become more powerful (gain levels) elves become more elfy, dwarves become more dwarfy, and humans from various cultures become more archetypal for their culture.

   2007 November 23, Keith Davies, “Fantasy Flight Sale”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)

   Synonyms: dwarfish, dwarflike, dwarven