Definition of diminutive

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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..

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Godling :: Godling (n.) A diminutive god.
Dwarf :: Dwarf (n.) An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being..
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..
#NAME? :: -et () A noun suffix with a diminutive force; as in baronet, pocket, facet, floweret, latchet..
Sylphine :: Sylphid (n.) A little sylph; a young or diminutive sylph.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
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..
Dwarfling :: Dwarfling (n.) A diminutive dwarf.
Diminutive :: Diminutive (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
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..
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..
Diminute :: Diminute (a.) Small; diminished; diminutive.
Barbellulate :: Barbellulate (a.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs.
Runty :: Runty (a.) Like a runt; diminutive; mean.
Lacinula :: Lacinula (n.) A diminutive lacinia.
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..
Nodulous :: Nodulous (a.) Having small nodes or knots; diminutively nodose.
#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..
Squamellate :: Squamella (n.) A diminutive scale or bractlet, such as those found on the receptacle in many composite plants; a palea..
Lilliputian :: Lilliputian (a.) Of very small size; diminutive; dwarfed.
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