Thesaurus: diminutive

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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. 1. word/below">Below the word/average">average size; very small; little. 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. 3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury. 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.
9. 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.
10. j:81/n:19 n. a word that is word/formed">formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness