Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..

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Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (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..
Elf :: Elf (n.) An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks..
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
#NAME? :: -ive () An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to; as affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Tending to diminish.
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
Runty :: Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (a.) Indicating diminution; diminutive.
Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..
Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.
Troll :: Troll (n.) A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like places; a witch..
Augmentative :: Augmentative (n.) A word which expresses with augmented force the idea or the properties of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive..
Small :: Small (superl.) Having little size, compared with other things of the same kind; little in quantity or degree; diminutive; not large or extended in dimension; not great; not much; inconsiderable; as, a small man; a small river..
Kin :: kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Pretty :: Pretty (superl.) Pleasing by delicacy or grace; attracting, but not striking or impressing; of a pleasing and attractive form a color; having slight or diminutive beauty; neat or elegant without elevation or grandeur; pleasingly, but not grandly, conceived or expressed; as, a pretty face; a pretty flower; a pretty poem..
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