dwarfy
English
Etymology
From dwarf + -y.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdwɔɹ.fi/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdwɔː.fi/
Adjective
dwarfy (comparative more dwarfy, superlative most dwarfy)
- Much undersized; dwarfish.
- 1663, Edward Waterhous [i.e., Edward Waterhouse], 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 316351399, page 487:
- […] Adam vvas thus abſtracted from humane feculencies, and carryed above the perch and flight of the narrovv and dvvarfie proſpect of mortality; […]
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Alternative forms
- dwarvy (rare)
Further reading
- dwarfy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913