Английский Этимологический словарь - pygmy
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Pygmy
pygmy
- c.1384, from L. Pygmaei, from Gk. Pygmaio "a tribe of dwarfs," refered to in Homer and Herodotus and reputed to live in either India or Ethiopia; originally plural of an adj. meaning "dwarfish," from pygme "cubit," lit. "fist," the measure of length from the elbow to the knuckle. The ancient word was applied by Europeans to the equatorial African race 1863, but the tribes were probably known to the ancients and were the original inspiration for the legend.
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,pigmy ~ n 1 also Pygmy a person belonging to a race of very small people, especially one of the tribes of central Africa 2 pygmy rabbit/hippo/elephant etc a very small type of rabbit, hippo etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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also pigmy (pygmies) 1. Pygmy means belonging to a species of animal which is the smallest of a group of related species. Reaching a maximum height of 56cm the pygmy goat is essentially a pet. ADJ: ADJ n 2. A pygmy is a member of a group of very short people who live in Africa or south-east Asia. ...the pygmy tribes of Papua New Guinea. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also pigmy noun (plural pygmies; also pigmies) Etymology: Middle English pigmei, from Latin pygmaeus of a ~, dwarfish, from Greek pygmaios, from pygme fist, measure of length — more at pungent Date: 14th century 1. often capitalized any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors 2. capitalized any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height 3. a. (1) an unusually small person (2) an insignificant or unimpressive person an intellectual ~ b. something very small of its kind • ~ adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (also pigmy) (pl. -ies) 1 a member of a dwarf people of equatorial Africa and parts of SE Asia. 2 a very small person, animal, or thing. 3 an insignificant person. 4 (attrib.) a of or relating to pygmies. b (of a person, animal, etc.) dwarf. Derivatives pygmaean adj. pygmean adj. Etymology: ME f. L pygmaeus f. Gk pugmaios dwarf f. pugme the length from elbow to knuckles, fist ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. пигмей 2. карлик, пигмей 3. очень маленький предмет 4. ничтожный человечишка, ничтожество, пигмей 5. гном 6. относящийся к пигмеям 7. карликовый 8. незначительный, ничтожный 9. тех. миниатюрный ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) пигмей, карлик 2) ничтожество, пигмей 3) attr. карликовый 4) attr. незначительный ...Англо-русский словарь
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