From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlilliputianlil‧li‧pu‧tian /ˌlɪləˈpjuːʃən◂/ adjective formal SMALLextremely small compared to the normal size of thingsOrigin lilliputian (1700-1800) Lilliput, an imaginary country full of very small people in the book Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift