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- [mij-it]
- /ˈmɪdʒ ɪt/
- /ˈmɪdʒ.ɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mij-it]
- /ˈmɪdʒ ɪt/
Definitions of midget word
- noun midget (not in technical use) an extremely small person having normal physical proportions. 1
- noun midget any animal or thing that is very small for its kind. 1
- adjective midget very small or of a class below the usual size. 1
- adjective midget being a miniature replica or model. 1
- noun midget An extremely or unusually small person. 1
- noun midget small person 1
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Origin of midget
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; midge + -et
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Midget
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
midget popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
midget usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for midget
adj midget
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
noun midget
- gnome — GNU Network Object Model Environment
- pygmy — Anthropology. a member of a small-statured people native to equatorial Africa. a Negrito of southeastern Asia, or of the Andaman or Philippine islands.
- bantam — A bantam is a breed of small chicken.
- runt — an animal that is small or stunted as compared with others of its kind.
- manikin — a styled and three-dimensional representation of the human form used in window displays, as of clothing; dummy.
Antonyms for midget
adj midget
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- large — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
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