Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗Relating or belonging to the Pygmy people. · Unusually short or small for its kind, especially in the names of animals and plants.
A member of various legendary races of dwarfs, or supernatural peoples of diminutive stature. · A member of one of various tribal peoples of the Congo Basin in equatorial Africa, notable for their very short stature. · Also applied to various other peoples of short stature. · Any dwarfish person or thing; a disparaging term for a small person.
From Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos, “a member of a legendary race of dwarves”), from πυγμή (pugmḗ, “fist (as small as a fist)”). In Ancient Greek, first mentioned by Homer; only applied to actual human races in the 19th century.
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