- Look up
diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
diminutive is a word
obtained by
modifying a root word to
convey a
slighter degree of its root...
- The
following is a list of
diminutives by language.
English has a
great variety of
historical diminutives adopted from
other languages but many of these...
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Diminutive forms of
words are
commonly used in
everyday Australian English.
While many
dialects of
English make use of
diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...
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actively used. Po****rity of
pagan names resulted in
formation of
various diminutive forms:
Bychko from Byk,
Zhdanko from Zhdan,
Puzeika from Puzo and so on...
- heat
exhaustion but are
rescued by the Dink-Dinks, a
group of robed,
diminutive aliens, and
taken to the
hidden temple of Yogurt, a wise sage who breaks...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
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middle names are
Hungarian and
refer to Mary
Magdalene (Mariska is a
diminutive of Mary). She was
raised Catholic.
Jayne Mansfield had four
other children:...
- The
diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus) is a bat
species found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. González, E.M.;...
- ṭaʿmiyya, IPA: [tˤɑʕˈmejjɑ]) in
Egypt and Sudan. The word is
derived from a
diminutive form of the
Arabic word ṭaʿām (طعام, "food"); the
particular form indicates...
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interpreter Raoul Wilson, hammer-voiced
sports broadcaster Lou Jaffe,
diminutive union patriarch Sid
Dithers ("San Francisckie! Did you
drove or did you...
