dwarfish
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Definition of dwarfish
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
“[…] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.”
“1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.”
“The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.”
“Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]”
“There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade.”
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adj
-
Like a dwarf; being especially small or stunted.
“[…] now does he feel his title / Hang loose about him, like a giant's robe / Upon a dwarfish thief.”
“1757, Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Section XXIV, in The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, London: John C. Nimmo, 1887, Volume I, p. 242, http://www.gutenberg.org/files/15043/15043-h/15043-h.htm Besides the extraordinary great in every species, the opposite to this, the dwarfish and diminutive, ought to be considered. Littleness, merely as such, has nothing contrary to the idea of beauty.”
“The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.”
“Mr. Hyde was pale and dwarfish, he gave an impression of deformity without any nameable malformation […]”
“There were the Rougiers, for instance, an old, ragged, dwarfish couple who plied an extraordinary trade.”
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Of, pertaining to, or made by or for dwarves.
“Dwarfish axes are some of the finest weapons available.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From dwarf + -ish.
Words you can make from dwarfish
137 playable · top: WHARFS (15 pts)
Best play wharfs 15 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
20 words4-letter words
51 words- WHID 11 pts
- FAHS 10 pts
- FASH 10 pts
- FISH 10 pts
- HAWS 10 pts
- SHAW 10 pts
- SHWA 10 pts
- WAIF 10 pts
- WASH 10 pts
- WHIR 10 pts
- WISH 10 pts
- DAHS 8 pts
- DASH 8 pts
- DAWS 8 pts
- DIFS 8 pts
- DISH 8 pts
- DRAW 8 pts
- FADS 8 pts
- FARD 8 pts
- FIDS 8 pts
- HARD 8 pts
- SHAD 8 pts
- SIDH 8 pts
- WADI 8 pts
- WADS 8 pts
- WARD 8 pts
- AHIS 7 pts
- ARFS 7 pts
- FAIR 7 pts
- FIAR 7 pts
- FIRS 7 pts
- HAIR 7 pts
- RASH 7 pts
- RAWS 7 pts
- RIFS 7 pts
- SHRI 7 pts
- WAIR 7 pts
- WARS 7 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- ARID 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- RADS 5 pts
- RAID 5 pts
- RIDS 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SARD 5 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
3-letter words
45 words- FAH 9 pts
- HAW 9 pts
- WHA 9 pts
- DAH 7 pts
- DAW 7 pts
- DIF 7 pts
- FAD 7 pts
- FID 7 pts
- HAD 7 pts
- HID 7 pts
- WAD 7 pts
- AHI 6 pts
- AHS 6 pts
- ARF 6 pts
- ASH 6 pts
- FAR 6 pts
- FAS 6 pts
- FIR 6 pts
- HAS 6 pts
- HIS 6 pts
- IFS 6 pts
- RAH 6 pts
- RAW 6 pts
- RIF 6 pts
- SAW 6 pts
- SHA 6 pts
- WAR 6 pts
- WAS 6 pts
- WIS 6 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- AID 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DIS 4 pts
- IDS 4 pts
- RAD 4 pts
- RID 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- AIR 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ARS 3 pts
- RAI 3 pts
- RAS 3 pts
- RIA 3 pts
- SIR 3 pts
- SRI 3 pts
2-letter words
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