dwarfy

English

Etymology

From dwarf +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dwarfy (comparative more dwarfy, superlative most dwarfy)

  1. Much undersized; dwarfish.
    • 1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter XLII, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, [], London: [] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas [], →OCLC, page 487:
      [] Adam vvas thus abſtracted from humane feculencies, and carryed above the perch and flight of the narrovv and dvvarfie proſpect of mortality; []

Alternative forms

  • dwarvy (rare)

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