Definizione monolingua

pygmy

pygmy (plural pygmies)

1. (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

2. (Greek mythology) 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)

3. (figuratively) Any dwarfish person

   Everyone looked like Pygmies whenever giant Joe joined his classmates

4. (figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect

   Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy

pygmy (comparative more pygmy, superlative most pygmy)

1. Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people
2. Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind

   Soil exhaustion ultimately produces a pygmy crop at best

Definizione dizionario pygmy

nano

pigmeo

Altri significati:

Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people

a member of a mythological race of dwarfs

any dwarfish person

(Greek mythology) A member of a race of dwarfs

an insigificant person

a member of various African peoples

(figuratively) Any dwarfish person

Like a pygmy; unusually short or small for its kind

(often capitalized, usually in the plural: Pygmies) A member of one of various Ancient Equatorial African tribal peoples, notable for their very short stature

(figuratively) An insignificant person, at least in some respect