Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

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Nanny :: Nanny (n.) A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name..
Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.
Eaglet :: Eaglet (n.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle..
Couple-close :: Couple-close (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised..
Diminutively :: Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.
Barrulet :: Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width..
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Augmentative :: Augmentative (n.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive..
Midget :: Midget (n.) A very diminutive person.
Elf :: Elf (n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (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..
#NAME? :: -ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive..
Minikin :: Minikin (a.) Small; diminutive.
Elf :: Elf (n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks..
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..
Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms..
Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
Lacinula :: Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
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