Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.

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Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
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..
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.
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..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
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..
Paleola :: Paleola (n.) A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
#NAME? :: -ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
Kin :: kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin..
"""lilliputian " :: Lilliputian (n.) One belonging to a very diminutive race described in Swift's Voyage to Lilliput..
Hypocoristic :: Hypocoristic (a.) Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name..
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
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