dwarf
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- noun
- /dwɔrf/
- Slur
:
enano
- In the play, the dwarf character brought a unique perspective to the story.
And a lot of dwarf actors had a problem with that.
- And a lot of dwarf actors had a problem with that.
- And around the corner, wearing a denim vest, was a little person, a dwarf.
- Do you have people in the the dwarf community reaching out and saying listen bro in the tree hollow, I didn't.
- Like I would loved how black people would react to seeing dwarfs like it.
- Some people calls it dwarf dwarf dwarfism.
- I'm an ETO cadet on a cruise ship and saw a dwarf get port in the crew bar.
- I mean, it's is we man really a dwarf or is it?
- Who else is a famous dwarf?
- I'm guilty of being a dwarf.
- I mean you stand next to them hours and and we're dwarfs.
- You know, a young Winona writer, but I don't think you know or that the the nanny, the little dwarf nanny's leg.
Examples
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He was barely the size of a dwarf!
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And a lot of dwarf actors had a problem with that.
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The guy comes out, it's a dwarf!
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You would know today I actually saw a dwarf prisoner climbing down the wall.
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He said he was a dwarf and he had forgotten his license.
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Look at me, a dwarf, scrunched down here on wheels, counter level, window sill level.
Fiction book (1996) -
Riding at his side was a dwarf mounted on a pony, wearing a particolored tunic and a fool's cap.
Fiction book (2001) -
"Brilliant, my treasure!" exclaimed the dwarf, reaching up to pinch her ear, then turning to Penfold.
Fiction book (1999) -
Anna Tolstoy dashed in, nearly tripping over the dwarf, her face white as the Bone Witch's hair.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wulfgar didn't look at Bruenor at all, just reached over the sturdy but short dwarf to point accusingly at Catti-brie.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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5.9
A very short adult often because of a medical condition called dwarfism
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A small person whom others insult for seeming weak or unimportant
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A person who is shorter than most people and has a light build
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A very small person or creature like one in a story
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A very small person, often a child
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A rude word for someone who is shorter than other people
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions
A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone
A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition
A rude name for a small or short person, often a child
Compounds
- Specialized
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7.5
A small, very dense star that remains after a star uses its fuel and glows with leftover heat
- Specialized
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5.9
A small, very dense, faint star left when a star like the Sun stops burning its fuel
A low evergreen plant with fine leaves and small pink or burgundy flowers used as ground cover
A small spreading shrub from the southeastern United States with bright pink flower clusters
A small bushy tree from the southeastern United States that makes small edible nuts
- Specialized
A small bushy tree that makes sweet edible nuts and often grows in dense groups
- Specialized
A small bushy oak tree that makes sweet small acorns and forms dense thickets
- Specialized
A low-growing plant with groups of leaves and bright red berries that grows in cold northern areas
- Specialized
A small plant with soft, hairy leaves and tiny yellow flowers that lives for one year
- Specialized
A small wild plant with yellow flowers that makes fluffy seed heads in spring
- UK
A small wild plant with strong-smelling white flowers and black berries used in medicine
- US
A low, spreading plant with thin needle leaves and pink or white flowers used to cover the ground
- Specialized
A small thin fish about 10 cm long that lives in shallow coastal waters
- Specialized
A small animal like a mouse with soft fur and pouches in its cheeks
- Specialized
A very small sperm whale that lives in warm and cool seas and grows to about 8 feet long
- Specialized
A low bush from eastern North America with divided leaves and clusters of red berries that attract birds
- Specialized
A very small willow plant that grows low on cold mountains and in Arctic places
- Specialized
A small Asian tree with many branches and small leaves that grows quickly and makes a good windbreak in gardens
A small decorative bush from China with many pink, red, or white flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen shrub like the golden chinkapin that grows on mountain slopes in California
- Specialized
A small willow bush in the eastern United States with long narrow leaves that are gray and hairy underneath
- US
A small plant in the western United States that grows every year and has yellow daisy-like flowers on rocky slopes
A small low plant that grows in clumps and forms loose mats on the ground in eastern North America
A small bushy pine from central Europe with short bright green needles in pairs
- Specialized
A low plant with white flowers that lives for many years in the southeastern United States
A small shrub with low, spreading branches that grows in cold northern regions
- Specialized
A person with very short height caused by not enough growth hormone rather than by a bone growth condition
- Specialized
A person much shorter than usual because a small part of the brain makes too little growth hormone
- Specialized
A person much shorter than average because their bones do not grow fully but with normal mind and body shape
- Specialized
A small birch that grows as a low shrub in cold parts of North America and Greenland
- Archaic
A person much shorter than average from a gene change, with usual body shape, thinking, and sexual growth
- Specialized
A person who is much smaller than normal due to a rare genetic condition, with normal mental and sexual development
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A virus that makes onion plants grow poorly and their leaves turn yellow
- Specialized
A person who is much shorter than usual because their body makes too little growth hormone, with normal body proportions
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves yellow and plants small
- Specialized
A germ that makes potato plants small and their leaves turn yellow
- Australian
A small evergreen shrub with short stiff branches that grows in Tasmania
- Archaic
A person who is very short because of a gene problem but with normal body shape and mind
- Specialized
A disease of potato plants that makes leaves turn yellow and plants grow poorly
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Etymology
Dwarf was later used for a person of very short height because of the idea of a small creature, but this use can be hurtful to some people, so medical language prefers the phrase 'person with dwarfism' or 'person of short stature'.