diminutive

[Di*minĀ·u*tive]

Diminutive means small. A diminutive person is short and small. A diminutive word is a "cute" version of a word or name: for example, "duckling" is a diminutive of "duck" and Billy is a diminutive form of the name William.

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Below the average size; very small; little.

Noun
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

Adjective S.
very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"


a.
Below the average size; very small; little.

a.
Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

a.
Tending to diminish.

n.
Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

n.
A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.


Diminutive

Di*min"u*tive , a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. 3. Tending to diminish. [R.]
Diminutive of liberty.

Diminutive

Di*min"u*tive, n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Such water flies, diminutives of nature.
2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin.
Babyisms and dear diminutives.
&hand; The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble.

Below the average size; very small; little.

Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

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