Diminutive
WordNet
adjective
(1) Very small
"Diminutive in stature"
"A lilliputian chest of drawers"
"Her petite figure"
"Tiny feet"
"The flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy"
noun
(2) A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
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Etymology
From diminutif (1398), < diminutivum, (verb deminuere, ‘diminish’).
Noun
- A word form expressing smallness or youth.
- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
Adjective
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