Word Definition

Diminutive

  1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
  2. Tending to diminish.
  3. Below the average size; very small; little.
  4. 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.
  5. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

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