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diminutive (s) (noun), diminutives (pl)
1. A suffix or a word which shows that something or a person is small.
2. An informal identification or form of a name: "Diminutives are used to indicate a name; such as, Richie or Rich for Richard, John for Jonathan, or Gin or Ginny for Virginia."
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diminutive (adjective), more diminutive, most diminutive
1. A descriptive word that is formed with a suffix; such as -let, -ette, -ling, or -kin, to indicate a small size: A diminutive term or name indicates a small size, youth, familiarity, or fondness; for example, a kitchenette, a duckling, or a booklet may suggest that something is appealing or lovable in some way.
2. A reference to a person or thing that is very small or much smaller than is normal: Anything that is diminutive expresses smallness; such as, "ringlet" which is the diminutive of "ring".
Way below the average size, little.
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Very small.
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This entry is located in the following unit: mini-, minor-, minut-, minu-, min- (page 2)
(Modern Latin: a diminutive of the Spanish plata, "silver", "platina"; metal)
(Greek: a suffix; scientific names; names of metallic elements; a part, lining, or enveloping tissue, region; little; representing a diminutive force)
(Greek meniskos > Latin meniscus: a crescent-shaped body, a curved structure, lunar crescent form, semilunar cartilage; diminutive of mene, "moon")
(Spanish: diminutive of mosca, "fly" or "little fly" from Latin musca, "fly")
(Latin: "little eye", a diminutive of oculus, "eye"; spotted, dotted; as if with tiny eyes)
(Latin: swing, vibrate, move, motion; from oscillum, a diminutive form of osoris, "mouth, face, small face")
(Latin: kiss; from "little mouth"; lip [diminutive of os-, "mouth"])
(Latin: [diminutive of pupa, a young girl, doll or puppets] the pupil of the eye; including the larva of insects)