midget

Meaning

1. A little sandfly.
2. Any small swarming insect similar to the mosquito; a midge.
3. A normally-proportioned person with small stature, usually defined as reaching an adult height less than 4'10".
4. Any short person.
5. A small version of something; miniature.

Synonyms

dwarf

pygmy

lilliputian

small person

tiny

diminutive

manikin

flyspeck

bantam

petite

runt

mannikin

nanus

pigmy

shrimp

🦐

small

troll

🧌

weak

very small

short person

normal dwarf

small screw torch

mythical small person

dwarf-like

dwarfism

elf

🧝

gnome

gnomish

homunculus

little

midge

miniature

minim

pipsqueak

puny

sandfly

shorty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: mug

Cognate with German: Mücke

In summary

Diminutive of midge (from Old English myċġ (“mosquito”), from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *mus-, *mu-, *mew-; cognate with Dutch mug (“mosquito”) and German Mücke (“midge, gnat”)), using the suffix -et, originally (1865) for a "little sand fly", only around 1869 also a "very small person".