Sekirov Dictionary

diminutive

/dɪˈmɪn.jə.tɪv/

adjective 3
noun 2
forms 3

adjective3

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Very small.
- Mrs. Washington ("Oh, la, call me Martha, Boys") is a diminutive woman with a cheerful rather than happy air, who seems to bustle even when standing still.. — 1997
Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
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(no longer used) Serving to diminish.
- They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty. — 1711

noun2

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A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
- Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldic ordinary ("geometric shape on a shield"), often used to represent multiple instances of a charge or to modify a main, central, and larger charge; not itself modifiable.

forms

diminutives · more diminutive · most diminutive

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