Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..

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Barbellulate :: Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Whippersnapper :: Whippersnapper (n.) A diminutive, insignificant, or presumptuous person..
Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.
Lacinula :: Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing..
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..
Diminutively :: Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.
#NAME? :: -ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock..
Elf :: Elf (n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
Mousie :: Mousie (n.) Diminutive for Mouse.
#NAME? :: -ish () A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white..
Fairy :: Fairy (n.) An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon..
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Diminutiveness :: Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
Small :: Small (superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river..
Sylphine :: Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
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