malaltkreska

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1) short (of living things, especially human beings); stunted, squat
 * 2) * L. L. Zamenhof (translator), “Anneto” in Fabeloj by Hans Christian Andersen, Book 4,
 * la knabo de Anneto elkreskis, kvankam li restis malaltkreska
 * Annette’s boy grew, although he remained short
 * 1) * Henri Vallienne, Ĉu li? Ĉapitro Tria,
 * Eĉ li elpensis eltirilon, por tiregi el tero la malaltkreskan palmarbon.
 * He even invented an extractor for wrenching short palm trees out of the ground.