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Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F.
diminutif.]
1. Below the average size; very small; little.
2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
3. Tending to diminish. [R.]
Diminutive of liberty. --Shaftesbury.
Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant
thing.
Such water flies, diminutives of nature. --Shak.
2. (Gram.) 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.
Babyisms and dear diminutives. --Tennyson.
Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which
expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as
scribble.
Meaning of Diminutive from wikipedia
- A
diminutive is a root word that has been
modified to
convey a
slighter degree of its root meaning, to
convey the
smallness of the
object or
quality named...
- The
Latin language has a
robust diminutive-forming system.
There are many
diminutive suffixes:
those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and
areola to start...
- 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...
- is a name used to show
affection for a
person or object. It may be a
diminutive form of a person's name, such as Izzy for
Isabel or Bob for Robert, or...
-
Diminutive forms of
words are
commonly used in
everyday Australian English.
While many
dialects of
English make use of
diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...
- (
diminutive),
Jacot (
diminutive),
Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (
diminutive), Jack (
diminutive),
Jacky (
diminutive), Jacq (
diminutive),
Jacquy (
diminutive)...
- , not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka).
Unlike English, in
which the use of
diminutive forms is
optional even
between close friends, in East
Slavonic languages...
- A
gnome /noʊm/ is a
mythological creature and
diminutive spirit in
Renaissance magic and alchemy,
first introduced by
Paracelsus in the 16th
century and...
- born 1996),
Brazilian football winger for
Leeds United Rafinha, the
diminutive form of the
given name
Rafael This page
lists people with the nickname...
- name "Jenkins" or "Jenkens" in
England occurred as
early as 1086 as a
diminutive of the
English form of John. It was
often translated (a loan word) from...
