Definition of diminutive

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of diminutive is as below...

Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.

Lern More About Diminutive

Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Diminutiveness :: Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem..
Little :: Little (a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child..
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
#NAME? :: -ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive..
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.
Daddy :: Daddy (n.) Diminutive of Dad.
Denticulation :: Denticulation (n.) A diminutive tooth; a denticle.
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..
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..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
Eaglet :: Eaglet (n.) A young eagle, or a diminutive eagle..
#NAME? :: -ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock..
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..
Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us