Meaning of lilliputian

(adj) tiny; relating to or characteristic of the imaginary country of Lilliput; "the Lilliputian population"

very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"

(informal) small and of little importance; "a fiddling sum of money"; "a footling gesture"; "our worries are lilliputian compared with those of countries that are at war"; "a little (or small) matter"; "a dispute over niggling details"; "limited to petty enterprises"; "piffling efforts"; "giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction"

(noun) a very small person (resembling a Lilliputian)

a 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift