pigmy

noun

pig·​my

less common spelling of pygmy

1

often capitalized : any of a race of dwarfs described by ancient Greek authors

2

capitalized : any of a small people of equatorial Africa ranging under five feet (1.5 meters) in height

3

a(1)

: an unusually small person

(2)

: an insignificant or unimpressive person

an intellectual pygmy

b

: something very small of its kind

Examples of pigmy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Of the 46 species of snakes known in Georgia, only six are venomous: copperhead, cottonmouth, Eastern diamondback rattlesnake, timber/canebrake rattlesnake, pigmy rattlesnake and Eastern coral snake. —Nancy Clanton, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023

Kids Definition

pigmy

variant of pygmy

Medical Definition

pigmy

variant of pygmy