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Thesaurus: diminutive

Below the average size; very small; little.

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  1. a. Below the average size; very small; little.
  2. a. word/expressing">Expressing word/diminution">diminution; as, a diminutive word.
  3. a. Tending to diminish.
  4. n. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
  5. 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.
  6. adj. very small
  7. n. a word that is word/formed">formed with a suffix (such as ‘-let’ or ‘-kin’) to indicate smallness
  8. A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object ofthe same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling,eaglet, lambkin.Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson.
  9. j:81/n:19 n. a word that is word/formed">formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness