pygmy

(noun, adjective)

adjective

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

noun

1. an unusually small individual

Similar word(s): pigmy

Definition categories: person

2. any member of various peoples having an average height of less than five feet

Similar word(s): pigmy

Definition categories: person

Sentences with pygmy as a noun:

- The Bantu immigration drove many Pygmy tribes into the darkest jungle, while other Pygmies were reduced to cohabitation in a subservient status

- Despite his towering stature, the minister proved a political pygmy