32; exiguity, inextension†; parvitude†, parvity†; duodecimo†; Elzevir
edition, epitome, microcosm; rudiment; vanishing point; thinness &c
203.
dwarf, pygmy, pigmy†, Liliputian, chit, pigwidgeon†, urchin, elf;
atomy†, dandiprat†; doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, Hop-o'-my-thumb†; manikin,
mannikin; homunculus, dapperling†, cock-sparrow.
animalcule, monad, mite, insect, emmet†, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp,
minnow, worm, maggot, entozoon†; bacteria; infusoria†; microzoa
[Micro.]; phytozoaria†; microbe; grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small
fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand;
molehill, button, bubble.
point; atom &c (small quantity) 32; fragment &c (small part) 51;
powder &c 330; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiae &c
(unimportance) 643.
micrometer; vernier; scale.
microphotography, photomicrography, micrography†; photomicrograph,
microphotograph; microscopy; microscope (optical instruments) 445.
V. be little &c adj.; lie in a nutshell; become small &c (decrease) 36,
(contract) 195.
Adj. little; small &c (in quantity) 32; minute, diminutive,
microscopic; microzoal; inconsiderable &c (unimportant) 643; exiguous,
puny, tiny, wee, petty, minikin†, miniature, pygmy, pigmy†, elfin;
undersized; dwarf, dwarfed, dwarfish; spare, stunted, limited; cramp,
cramped; pollard, Liliputian, dapper, pocket; portative†, portable;
duodecimo†; dumpy, squat; short &c 201.
impalpable, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible,
inappreciable, insignificant, inconsiderable, trivial; infinitesimal,
homoeopathic†; atomic, subatomic, corpuscular, molecular; rudimentary,
rudimental; embryonic, vestigial.
weazen†, scant, scraggy, scrubby; thin &c (narrow) 203; granular &c
(powdery) 330; shrunk &c 195; brevipennate†.
Adv. in a small compass, in a nutshell; on a small scale; minutely,
microscopically.