- 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...
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Slavic places: Bely
Gorod Belgorod Gorodets (with -ets as the
suffix of
diminutiveness)
Gorodishche (with -ishche as the
suffix of augmentation) Ivangorod...
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August 8th, 1896, p. 126: “It
seems probable the
origin is due to the
diminutiveness of the gl****;” “The
expression ‘a pony of beer’ is
often used in South...
- have
quite a few
features in common, such as
small size,
exquisite diminutiveness,
refined palette (mostly
achieved with half-tints, golden, and silver...
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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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Terry is a uni****
diminutive nickname for the
given names Teresa or
Theresa (feminine) or Terence,
Terrance (masculine).
Terry A. Canales,
American politician...
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preferred – the
clause "if two dogs are
equally good in type, the more
diminutive one is preferred" was
removed in 2009. Pet
Chihuahuas (those bred or purchased...
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throughout life or
until marriage. Some
possible changes concern middle names,
diminutive forms,
changes relating to
parental status (due to one's parents' divorce...
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Natasha is a name of
Russian origin. It is the
diminutive form of the
Latin name Natalia,
which means "born on
Christmas Day".
Natasha Aguilar (1970–2016)...
