Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection II. Dimensions
1. General Dimensions
193. Littleness.
DWARF, pygmy or pigmy, Liliputian, Negrito, Negrillo; chit, fingerling [rare], Pigwiggen, pigwidgeon [now rare], urchin, elf; atomy, dandiprat [archaic], doll, puppet; Tom Thumb, hop-o’-my-thumb; manikin or mannikin; micromorph [rare], homunculus, dapperling.
MITE, insect, arthropod, ephemerid, ephemera, bug [pop., U. S.], larva, emmet, fly, midge, gnat, shrimp, minnow, worm, maggot, grub; tit, tomtit, runt, mouse, small fry; millet seed, mustard seed; barleycorn; pebble, grain of sand; molehill, button, bubble.
ATOM, monad, animalcule, animalculum (pl. animalcula), diatom, dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, heptad, octad, molecule, microbe, germ, microörganism, bacterium (pl. bacteria), microphyte, microzyme, amœba, microzoa, entozoön (pl. entozoa), phytozoaria, infusoria.
PARTICLE &c. (small quantity) [See Smallness]; point, micron; scintilla; fragment &c. (small part) [See Part]; powder [See Pulverulence]; point of a pin, mathematical point; minutiæ (unimportance) [See Unimportance].
MICROGRAPHY; micrometer, microscope, interferometer, vernier; scale.
IMPALPABLE, intangible, evanescent, imperceptible, invisible, inappreciable, infinitesimal, homeopathic; rudimentary, rudimental; embryonic, vestigial.
ANIMALCULAR, amœbic, amœboid, diatomaceous, diatomic, microzoal, microbial, microbic, molecular, atomic, corpuscular.
SCANT, weazen [obs.], scraggy, scrubby; thin (narrow) [See Narrowness, Thinness]; granular (powdery) [See Pulverulence]; shrunk [See Contraction]; brevipennate.