Definition for
diminutive
– Small; little; narrow; contracted: as, a race of diminutive men; a diminutive house.
– Having the power of diminishing or lessening; tending to diminish, decrease, or abridge.
– In grammar, expressing something small or little: as, a diminutive word; the diminutive suffixes ‘-kin.’ ‘-let,’ ‘-ling,’ etc. See II., 3.
noun – I. Anything very small as to size, importance, value, etc.: as, a dainty diminutive
noun – In old medicine, something that diminishes or abates.
noun –
In grammar, a word formed from another word, usually an appellative or generic term, to express a little thing of the kind: as, in Latin,lapillus, a little stone, from
adjective – Below the average size; very small; little.
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