Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

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Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
#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..
Barbellulate :: Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
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..
Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
Barrulet :: Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; 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? :: -ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock..
Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.
#NAME? :: -let () A noun suffix having a diminutive force; as in streamlet, wavelet, armlet..
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? :: -ing () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing..
Diminutiveness :: Diminutiveness (n.) The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.
Runty :: Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Daddy :: Daddy (n.) Diminutive of Dad.
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