DIMINUTIVENESS

diminutiveness, minuteness, petiteness, tininess, weeness

(noun) the property of being very small in size; “hence the minuteness of detail in the painting”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

diminutiveness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being diminutive.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*min"u*tive*ness, n.

Definition: The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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