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
