Definitions
a plant or animal that is atypically small
Word origin
From Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf, from Old English dweorg, from Proto-West Germanic *dwerg, from Proto-Germanic *dwergaz.
Used in a sentence
“[T]he elf king and his queen made a royal progress every noon with a splendid retinue of dwarves and sprites, […]”
“Nidavellir, which is sometimes called Svartalfheim, where the dwarfs (who are also known as dark elves) live beneath the mountains and build their remarkable creations.”
“The nurse exclaimed it when I finally arrived, a month late (a habit I have kept). That's how my parents found out that I was a little person, a dwarf, of short stature.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Tiny variety”5 letters
02“Tiny star”5 letters
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