Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #85
July 5, 2009
(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)
85.) Nanism
-noun singular
a.) Dwarfism.
b.)The condition of being exceptionally small, stunted, or dwarfed.*
[Origin: From the Latin nanus meaning "dwarf."]
*One theory about the origin of certain faeries is that some of the most ancient members of the tribe, once revered as pre-Christian Gods and Goddesses of great stature, endured a sort of nanism by which they were reduced in size and stature (but somehow not squelched entirely) by the onset of the new religion.
