1) Baby 2) Bantam 3) Bitty 4) Dwarfish 5) Elfin 6) Flyspeck 7) Half pint 8) Little 9) Midget 10) Miniature 11) Minute 12) Peewee 13) Petite 14) Pintsized 15) Small 16) Teensy 17) Teeny 18) Tiny 19) Underdeveloped 20) Wee
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1) Bantam 2) Flyspeck 3) French word used in English 4) Lilliputian 5) Little 6) Midget 7) Petite 8) Small 9) Tiny 10) Undersized 11) Very small
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In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form (abbreviated {sc|dim}), is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment. It is the opposite of an augmentative. While many languages apply the grammatical diminutive to nouns, a few a...
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• (a.) Below the average size; very small; little. • (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. • (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. • (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. &bull...
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Any affix meaning 'small.' It can suggest cuteness or an emotional attachment. An example is the wor
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Di·min'u·tive adjective [ Confer Latin
deminutivus , French
diminutif .]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a
diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [ R.] «
Diminutive of liberty.»
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In grammar, a diminutive is a word having a special affix which conveys the idea of littleness, and all other ideas connected with this, as tenderness, affection, contempt, etc. The opposite of diminutive is augmentative. In Latin, diminutives almost always ended in lus, la, or lum; as Tulliola, meum corculum, little Tullia, my dear or little heart...
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n] - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
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diminutive 1. A word that is formed with a suffix; such as -let, -ette, or -kin, to indicate smallness. 2. A word or name that indicates a small size, youth, familiarity, or fondness; for example, 'kitchenette', 'duckling', or 'booklet'. 3. A person or thing that is very small or much smaller than is usual. 4. A form of a word used to express sm...
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a term which implies smallness. This may reflect actual physical lack of stature; alternatively, it may be used as a term of endearment. The word may be a recognised word, eg Tiny Tim, Little Dorrit, or may be created by the addition of a suffix to a name or noun: lambkin, starlet, kitchenette.
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noun a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
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Word formed from another to express reduction in size or importance, or affection
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small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout. · pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop.
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