Definition of diminutive

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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..

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Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
Exiguous :: Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
#NAME? :: -ing () A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing..
Elf :: Elf (n.) A very diminutive person; a dwarf.
#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..
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..
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
#NAME? :: -ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock..
Barrulet :: Barrulet (n.) A diminutive of the bar, having one fourth its width..
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..
Diminutively :: Diminutively (adv.) In a diminutive manner.
Troll :: Troll (n.) A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch..
Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.
Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
Nanny :: Nanny (n.) A diminutive of Ann or Anne, the proper name..
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..
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