DWARFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dwarfish mean? 

• DWARFISH (adjective)
  The adjective DWARFISH has 1 sense:

1. atypically small

  Familiarity information: DWARFISH used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DWARFISH (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Atypically small

Context example:

dwarf star

Similar:

little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)

Derivation:

dwarfishness (smallness of stature)

 Context examples 

One could but say that it was black and leathery and that it bore some resemblance to a dwarfish, human figure.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation, he had a displeasing smile, he had borne himself to the lawyer with a sort of murderous mixture of timidity and boldness, and he spoke with a husky, whispering and somewhat broken voice; all these were points against him, but not all of these together could explain the hitherto unknown disgust, loathing and fear with which Mr. Utterson regarded him.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)