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midget

noun
/ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/

Etymology

From midge (chiefly in the figurative sense of “small thing”, literally “small fly”) + -et (diminutive suffix), (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)).

  1. derived from *mus-, *mu-, *mew-✻
  2. derived from *mugjō✻
  3. derived from myċġ — “mosquito”

Definitions

  1. A very small thing

    A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.

    • the midget pony

  2. Alternative form of midge (“small fly”)

  3. A short person.

    • They [children] realize their oughts no less sharply than their crosses; and this even though they are midgets in a land of giants who have forgotten much of their language and whose right is often founded solely on force majeure.
    • Like a midget at a urinal, I was going to have to stay on my toes.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Something for use by a small person

      Something for use by a small person; especially something designed or made for one.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA