Definition of diminutive

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

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Thing :: Thing (n.) A diminutive or slighted object; any object viewed as merely existing; -- often used in pity or contempt.
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
Daphne :: Daphne (n.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word..
Minikin :: Minikin (a.) Small; diminutive.
Johnny :: Johnny (n.) A familiar diminutive of John.
Diminutely :: Diminutely (adv.) Diminutively.
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..
Kin :: kin () A diminutive suffix; as, manikin; lambkin..
Hypocoristic :: Hypocoristic (a.) Endearing; diminutive; as, the hypocoristic form of a name..
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
#NAME? :: -ock () A suffix used to form diminutives; as, bullock, hillock..
Sylphine :: Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
Fairy :: Fairy (n.) An imaginary supernatural being or spirit, supposed to assume a human form (usually diminutive), either male or female, and to meddle for good or evil in the affairs of mankind; a fay. See Elf, and Demon..
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..
Cottise :: Cottise (n.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close..
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..
Diminutival :: Diminutival (n.) A diminutive.
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