dwarf
Any member of a race of beings from (especially Scandinavian and other Germanic) folklore, usually depicted as having some sort of supernatural powers and being skilled in crafting and metalworking, often as short with long beards, and sometimes as clashing with elves.
Other meanings
An animal, plant or other thing much smaller than the usual of its sort.
“dwarf tree”
Related words
- bedwarf
- durgan
- durgy
- dwarfage
- dwarfdom
- Dwarfer
- dwarfess
- dwarfette
- dwarf-hill
- bullet dwarf
- dwarfify
- dwarfism
Word history
From Old English "dweorg".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dwarf” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.