English Dictionary

dwarfette

名詞

古風 広義 くだけた表現

(dated) A human female with dwarfism. / (informal, by extension) A woman of somewhat short stature, or one who seems small in relation to something larger. / (fantasy) A female of the dwarf race.

日本語の意味

(古風な用法) 小人症の女性、すなわち低身長症の成人女性。 / (口語的・転義的) 身長が比較的低い女性や、他の大きなものに比べて小柄な女性。 / (ファンタジー) ファンタジー作品に登場する小人族の女性。

A dwarfette volunteered as a tour guide at the local history museum, offering personal insights into life with dwarfism.

地域の歴史博物館で、小人症の女性がボランティアのツアーガイドを務め、暮らしについての個人的な見識を共有した。

意味（1）

(dated) A human female with dwarfism.

I’ve just come from the bull-fight, a very good one, so tense at one point that I had to wash down a pinkie with a great gulp of Scotch in my little flask, am now half in and half out of the conscious world. It is pretty good here. All the little black dwarfettes are still scuttling about, and a few hunch-backs, and the gigolo with the great melting eyes and tiny mustache is paying flattering court, all but drinking champagne from my slipper.

意味（2）

(informal, by extension) A woman of somewhat short stature, or one who seems small in relation to something larger.

This is their [the humpback whales'] breeding season, their calving season too, and they've got enough problems with all the boat and plane and jet ski traffic around Maui without some ridiculous dwarfette water-nerd with terrible eyesight and silly black chicken feet snorkeling around in their bedroom.

意味（3）

(fantasy) A female of the dwarf race.

Her outstanding feature was her nose, an enormous pyramid-shaped nose which reminded me of clowns, gargoyles, dwarfettes, cartoon gnomes.

dwarfettes （ plural ）