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dwarf
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dwarf
1. an abnormally undersized person, esp one with a large head and short arms and legs
2. 
a. an animal or plant much below the average height for the species
b. (as modifier): a dwarf tree
3. (in folklore) a small ugly manlike creature, often possessing magical powers
dwarf [dwȯrf]
(biology)
Being an atypically small form or variety of something.
(medicine)
An abnormally small individual; especially one whose bodily proportions are altered.
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A diminutive, Naipaul's use of it emphasizes the implied limitation in the "little warrior's" struggle, his vanity, his striking out against a neurotic certainty of his own moral dwarfishness.
V.S. Naipaul & the dream of blood: Atavisms in Universal Civilization by Bertonneau, Thomas F. / Modern Age
 
 
 
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