Dwarf

Morpheme

Dwarf

Type

free base

Denotation

very short, much below ordinary stature, mythological creature of of subhuman size

Etymology

Middle English dwergh, dwerw, dwerf; Old English dweorh, dweorg, duerg

Evidence

bedwarf, dwarf, dwarfage, dwarfdom, dwarfed, dwarfen, Dwarfer, dwarfer, dwarfess, dwarfest, dwarfette, dwarfing, dwarfish, dwarfism, dwarfkind, dwarflike, dwarfling, dwarfmaid, dwarfness, dwarfs, dwarfsploitation, dwarfy, semidwarf, subdwarf, undwarfed, weredwarf

Notes

possible homophone of Dorf

See Also

Dwarve