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DIMINUTIVE
bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck
(adjective) very small; “diminutive in stature”; “a lilliputian chest of drawers”; “her petite figure”; “tiny feet”; “the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy”
diminutive
(noun) a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
diminutive (comparative more diminutive, superlative most diminutive)
Very small.
Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny
Antonyms: huge, gigantic
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Antonym: augmentative
Noun
diminutive (plural diminutives)
(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Synonyms: nomen deminutivum, pet form
Antonym: augmentative
Source: Wiktionary
Di*min"u*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury.
Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak.
2. (Gram.)
Definition: 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. Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson.
Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISKETTE
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