Definition of diminutive

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Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

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Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
#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.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..
Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
Mousie :: Mousie (n.) Diminutive for Mouse.
Couple-close :: Couple-close (n.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised..
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
#NAME? :: -ling () A noun suffix, commonly having a diminutive or a depreciatory force; as in duckling, gosling, hireling, fosterling, firstling, underling..
Sylphine :: Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
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..
Exiguous :: Exiguous (a.) Scanty; small; slender; diminutive.
#NAME? :: -ish () A suffix used to from adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It denotes relation, resemblance, similarity, and sometimes has a diminutive force; as, selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white..
Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.
Minikin :: Minikin (a.) Small; diminutive.
Hypocoristic :: Hypocoristic (a.) Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name..
Runty :: Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Little :: Little (a.) Small in size or extent; not big; diminutive; -- opposed to big or large; as, a little body; a little animal; a little piece of ground; a little hill; a little distance; a little child..
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