Dwarfish
[dwawr-fish] /ˈdwɔr fɪʃ/
adjective
1.
like a , especially in being abnormally small; diminutive.
adj.
1560s, from dwarf (n.) + -ish. Related: Dwarfishly; dwarfishness.
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