dwarfy

English

Etymology

From dwarf +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdwɔɹ.fi/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdwɔː.fi/

Adjective

dwarfy (comparative more dwarfy, superlative most dwarfy)

1. Much undersized; dwarfish.
   • 1663, Edward Waterhous [i.e., Edward Waterhouse], chapter XLII, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas] Roycroft for Thomas Dicas […], →OCLC, page 487:

     […] Adam vvas thus abſtracted from humane feculencies, and carryed above the perch and flight of the narrovv and dvvarfie proſpect of mortality; […]

Alternative forms

• dwarvy (rare)

Further reading

• “dwarfy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.