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

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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

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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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