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Pygmaean

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• Pygmalion

  [pig-mey-lee-uh n, -meyl-yuh n] /pɪgˈmeɪ li ən, -ˈmeɪl yən/ noun 1. Classical Mythology. a sculptor and king of Cyprus who carved an ivory statue of a maiden and fell in love with it. It was brought to life, in response to his prayer, by Aphrodite. 2. (italics) a comedy (1912) by George Bernard Shaw. /pɪɡˈmeɪlɪən/ […]

• Pygmalionism

  pygmalionism pyg·ma·lion·ism (pĭg-māl’yə-nĭz’əm, -mā’lē-ə-) n. The state of being in love with an object of one’s own creation.

• Pygmy-chimpanzee

  noun 1. a small chimpanzee, Pan paniscus, primarily of swamp forests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a threatened species. noun 1. another name for bonobo

• Pygmy

  [pig-mee] /ˈpɪg mi/ noun, plural Pygmies. 1. Anthropology. 2. (lowercase) Disparaging and Offensive. a small or dwarfish person. 3. (lowercase) anything very small of its kind. 4. (lowercase) a person who is of small importance, or who has some quality, attribute, etc., in very small measure. 5. Classical Mythology. (in the Iliad) one of a […]

• Pygmy-glider

  noun 1. a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail. noun 1. a small arboreal marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia and New Guinea moving with gliding leaps using folds of skin between the hind limbs and forelimbs

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