Words from Gulliver's Travels [INCIDENTAL COMICS]

I was like "but the other three are real words..."

Apparently diminutive is the only one that doesn't trace its origin to the book. TIL! Funny how language works.

It's an excellent word.

I learned it from an Iron Man novel in the nineties.

Yes, Jonathon Swift wrote the original Gulliver's Travels.

He did. It's an interesting read, though I have severe differences of opinion with the author