dwarfish

dwarfish englannista suomeksi

1. kääpiömäinen

dwarfish englanniksi

1. Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.

2. (RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth) now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.

3. 1757, (w), ''(w)'', Section XXIV, in ''The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke'', London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm

Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1843|author=Edgar Allan Poe|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2147/2147-h/2147-h.htmlink2H_4_0006|title=The Gold-Bug

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6. (RQ:Orwell Down and Out)

7. Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.

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