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



  1. A word form expressing smallness or youth.
    Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

Adjective





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