midget
w:Portrait of Sebastián de MorraPortrait of Sebastián de Morra (c. 1645) by w:Diego VelázquezDiego Velázquez. The subject of the painting, a midget or dwarf, was a jester at the court of w:Philip IV of SpainPhilip IV of Spain.
Meaning
Noun
- A little sandfly.
- Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
- A normally proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
- Any short person.
- A small version of something; miniature.
Related
Similar words
- dwarf , little person
- dwarf, short-arse, shortie/shorty, tich/titch, vertically challenged person
- midge
- dwarf
- [[munchkin]]
- [[elf]]
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Origin
- Diminutive of midge (from Old English mygg, myċġ, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug ("mosquito") and German Mücke ("midge, gnat")), using the suffix -et, originally (1865) for a "little sand fly", only around 1869 also a "very small person".
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