Pygmean

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

n. [Written also pigmy.] [Fr. pygmée, Pr. pygmeus, Sp., Pg., & It. pygmeo, Lat. pygmæus, Gr. πυγμαῖος, from πυγμή, the fist, a measure of length, the distance from the elbow to the knuckles, about 13½ inches.]

1Sense 1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a fabulous race of beings inhabiting Thrace, who waged war with the cranes, and were destroyed.

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