PYGMY
pygmy
Noun
- (often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature
- ''The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy tribes into the darkest jungle, while other Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status
- A member of a race of dwarfs
- ''Homer and Herodote mentioned Pygmies in India (which would fit the Andamanese Negritoes) or Ethiopia (then meaning all Subsaharan Africa)
- Any dwarfish person
- ''Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates
- An insignificant person, at least in some respect
- ''Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy
Adjective
- Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
- Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind
- ''Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best
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