Lilliputian \ˌli-lə-ˈpyü-shən\ adjective: 1. small, miniature {a Lilliputian camera}, 2. petty
Etymology: Lilliput, imaginary land of small people in Gulliver’s Travels, by Jonathan Swift
As miniature is to Lilliputian, so majuscule is to Brobdingnagian.
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