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Pyg-mē'an or Pȳg'my, a.

adjective

(124), Pȳg'my, a. [Lat. pygmaeus. See infra.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a pygmy or dwarf; very small; dwarfish.

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Pȳg'my, n.p. 1067noun(Gr. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of beings inhabiting Thrace, who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed. 2. Hence, a short, insignificant person; a dwarf. Pygmies are pygmies still, though…