Meanings
nounpigmy (plural pigmies)
plural pigmies
- archaicArchaic spelling of pygmy.
My self-love is, in every respect, more susceptible than ambitious, and I have always found that men appear to the imagination phantoms when they blame, and pigmies when they praise you.
1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D[ennis] Lawler, “[Book XII. The history of Lord Nelville.] Chap[ter] I.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. […], volume III, London: […] Corri, […]; and sold by Colburn, […], and Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, page 136
adjectivepigmy (comparative more pigmy, superlative most pigmy)
comparative more pigmy · superlative most pigmy
- archaicArchaic spelling of pygmy.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet
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small person
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