bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
(adjective) very small; “diminutive in stature”; “a lilliputian chest of drawers”; “her petite figure”; “tiny feet”; “the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy”
flyspeck
(noun) a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly
Source: WordNet® 3.1
flyspeck (plural flyspecks or flyspeck)
Housefly excrement, visible as a minuscule black dot.
(by extension) Anything tiny or insignificant.
Hyponym: pissant (always a person)
flyspeck (third-person singular simple present flyspecks, present participle flyspecking, simple past and past participle flyspecked)
To bespeckle with tiny spatters of color.
To inspect in minute detail to ensure that something contains no flaws; nitpick.
Source: Wiktionary
Fly"speck (fl'spk), n.
Definition: A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.
Fly"speck, v. t.
Definition: To soil with flyspecks.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 November 2024
(noun) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
