di|min|u|tive

di|min|u|tive
di|min|u|tive «duh MIHN yuh tihv», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. small; little; tiny: »

diminutive china figures. The doll's house contained diminutive furniture.

 SYNONYM(S): minute. See syn. under little. (Cf. ↑little)
2. Grammar. expressing smallness: »

“Droplet” and “lambkin” have diminutive endings. In most languages the objects of love are spoken of under diminutive epithets (Edmund Burke).

–n.
1. a small person or thing; a miniature.
2. Grammar. a word or part of a word expressing smallness. The suffixes -ling, -let, and -kin are called diminutives. Example: »

Droplet = a small drop.

╂[< Medieval Latin diminutivus < Latin dīminuere; see etym. under diminish (Cf. ↑diminish)]
–di|min´u|tive|ly, adverb.
–di|min´u|tive|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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