English-Thai Dictionary

Pygmy

N ชน เผ่า ปิ๊ก มี่ ใน ทวีปแอฟริกา ตอน ใต้  chon-pao-pik-me

 

pygmy

ADJ แคระ  แคระแกร็น  เตี้ย มาก  krae

 

pygmy

N คน แคระ  kon-krae

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PYGMY

n.[L. pygmoeus; Gr. the fist; as big as the fist. ] A dwarf; a person not exceeding a cubit in highth. This appellation was given by the ancients to a fabulous race of beings inhabiting Thrace, who waged war with the cranes and were destroyed.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PYGMY; PYGMEAN

Pyg "my, Pyg *me "an, a. Etym: [L. pygmaeus. See Pygmy. ]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a pygmy; resembling a pygmy or dwarf; dwarfish; very small. " Like that Pygmean race. " Milton. Pygmy antelope (Zoöl.), the kleeneboc. -- Pygmy goose (Zoöl.), any species of very small geese of the genus Nettapus, native of Africa, India, and Australia. -- Pygmy owl (Zoöl.), the gnome. Pygmy parrot (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small green parrots (Nasiternæ ), native of New Guinea and adjacent islands. They are not larger than sparrows.Pygmy chimpanzee, a species of anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus ) resembling the chimpanzee, but somewhat smaller; also called bonobo. It is considered (1996 ) as having the closest genetic relationship to humans of any other animal. It is found in forests in Zaire, and is an endangered species.

 

PYGMY

Pyg "my, n.; pl. Pygmies. Etym: [L. pygmaeus, Gr. Pugnacious, Fist. ][Written also pigmy. ]

 

1. (Class. Myth. )

 

Defn: One of a fabulous race of dwarfs who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

 

2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf. Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps. And pyramids are pyramids in vales. Young.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Pygmy

Pyg my |ˈpigmē ˈpɪɡmi |(also Pigmy ) ▶noun ( pl. Pygmies ) a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of Southeast Asia. • ( pygmy ) chiefly derogatory a very small person, animal, or thing. • ( pygmy ) [ usu. with adj. ] an insignificant person, esp. one who is deficient in a particular respect: he regarded them as intellectual pigmies. Pygmies (e.g., the Mbuti and Twa peoples ) are typically dark-skinned, nomadic hunter-gatherers with an average male height not above 150 cm (4 ft. 11 in. ). See also Negrillo, Negrito . ▶adjective of, relating to, or denoting the Pygmies: centuries-old Pygmy chants from central Africa. • ( pygmy ) (of a person or thing ) very small. • ( pygmy ) used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g., pygmy hippopotamus, pygmy water lily. DERIVATIVES pyg me an |ˈpigmēən, pigˈmēən |adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people ): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf, ’ from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles. ’

 

pygmy chimpanzee

pyg my chim pan zee ▶noun another term for bonobo.

 

pygmy owl

pyg my owl ▶noun a very small owl found in America and northern Eurasia. [Genus Glaucidium, family Strigidae: several species. ]

 

pygmy possum

pyg my pos sum ▶noun a very small Australasian marsupial that feeds on insects and nectar, with handlike feet and a prehensile tail. [Family Burramyidae: two genera and five species. ]

 

pygmy shrew

pyg my shrew ▶noun a shrew that is one of the smallest known mammals. [Genus Sorex, family Soricidae: several species, in particular the Eurasian S. minutus and the American S. hoyi. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

pygmy

pygmy |ˈpɪgmi |(also pigmy ) ▶noun ( pl. pygmies ) 1 ( Pygmy ) a member of certain peoples of very short stature in equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. Pygmies (e.g. the Mbuti and Twa peoples ) are typically nomadic hunter-gatherers with an average male height not above 150 cm (4 ft 11 in. ). 2 chiefly derogatory a very small person, animal, or thing. • a person who is insignificant or is deficient in a particular respect: he regarded them as intellectual pygmies. ▶adjective very small or insignificant. • used in names of animals and plants that are much smaller than more typical kinds, e.g. pygmy shrew, pygmy water lily. DERIVATIVES pygmean (also pygmaean |pɪgˈmiːən |) adjective ( archaic )ORIGIN late Middle English (originally in the plural, denoting a mythological race of small people ): via Latin from Greek pugmaios ‘dwarf ’, from pugmē ‘the length measured from elbow to knuckles ’.

 

pygmy chimpanzee

pygmy chim ¦pan |zee ▶noun another term for bonobo.

 

pygmy owl

pygmy owl ▶noun a very small owl found in America and northern Eurasia. ●Genus Glaucidium, family Strigidae: several species.

 

pygmy possum

pyg my pos sum ▶noun a very small Australasian marsupial that feeds on insects and nectar, with handlike feet and a prehensile tail. [Family Burramyidae: two genera and five species. ]

 

pygmy shrew

pygmy shrew ▶noun a shrew which is one of the smallest known mammals. ●Genus Sorex, family Soricidae: several species.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

pygmy

pygmy noun 1 dwarf, midget, very small person, homunculus, manikin; Lilliputian; informal shrimp. 2 an intellectual pygmy: lightweight, mediocrity, nonentity, nobody, no-name, cipher; small fry; informal pipsqueak, no-hoper, picayune. ANTONYMS giant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

pygmy

pygmy noun 1 offensive very small person, person of restricted growth; informal shrimp, pint-sized person; offensive midget, dwarf, runt; rare homunculus, manikin, Lilliputian, fingerling, thumbling. 2 he saw his brother as a poetic giant among literary pygmies: insignificant person, lightweight, mediocrity, nobody, gnat, insect, cipher; (pygmies ) small fry; informal pipsqueak, squirt; Brit. informal nerk, johnny, squit, whippersnapper; Scottish informal nyaff; N. Amer. informal bozo, picayune, pisher, snip; archaic, informal dandiprat; N. Amer. vulgar slang pissant. ANTONYMS giant.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

Pygmy

Pyg my Pig -/pɪ́ɡmi /名詞 複 -mies C 1 ピグミー族の一員 〘中央アフリカの採集狩猟民; 非常に小柄 〙.2 〖p- 〗小人 (dwarf ); (ほかに比べ )小形の動物 .3 ｟けなして ｠〖p- 〗小物 ; 取るに足らない人 ; 能力の低い人 .形容詞 1 ピグミーの ; 小人 (族 )の .2 ｟おどけて ｠小さい ; ちっぽけな ; 〈動物などが 〉小形の .