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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dwawr-fish |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdwɔr fɪʃ |
Definition of dwarfish
Origin :- 1560s, from dwarf (n.) + -ish. Related: Dwarfishly; dwarfishness.
- As in stunted : adj kept from growing
- It was a primrose—a dwarfish thing, but perfect in shape—a baby-wonder.
- Extract from : « At the Back of the North Wind » by George MacDonald
- At the door they found the dwarfish Grasshopper with Black Bess.
- Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- The vegetation, as might be supposed, is scant, or at least dwarfish.
- Extract from : « The Short-story » by William Patterson Atkinson
- The oak is left behind, and the pine grows stunted and dwarfish.
- Extract from : « The Rifle Rangers » by Captain Mayne Reid
- A fine, dwarfish, curled variety, long cultivated in England.
- Extract from : « The Field and Garden Vegetables of America » by Fearing Burr
- The calf of the leg is not developed in any of these dwarfish people.
- Extract from : « Man And His Ancestor » by Charles Morris
- A Numidian slave, dwarfish and deformed, was sweeping his master's chamber.
- Extract from : « Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) » by John Roby
- These gigantic truths retained in view, would put to shame the littleness of their dwarfish morality.
- Extract from : « A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. » by William Wilberforce
- The dress of the dwarfish Jew was not, however, favourable to this expedient.
- Extract from : « Jack Sheppard, Vol. I (of III) » by W. Harrison Ainsworth
- It presents us with a cramped, dwarfish, and childish conception of Deity.
- Extract from : « The Bible Of Bibles; » by Kersey Graves
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