diminutive

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Very small.

   • Mrs. Washington ("Oh, la, call me Martha, Boys") is a diminutive woman with a cheerful rather than happy air, who seems to bustle even when standing still..
   • Roman Sharonov rose unchallenged to head a corner wide, while diminutive winger Gokdeniz Karadeniz ghosted in with a diving header from the edge of the six-yard box that was acrobatically kept out by Gomes.
2. 2

   Serving to diminish.

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance,…

   Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

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   1. 4

      A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

      • Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
      • But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind.
      • When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds of diminutives.
   2. 5

      The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldic ordinary ("geometric shape on a…

      The smallest, thinnest version of a traditional heraldic ordinary ("geometric shape on a shield"), often used to represent multiple instances of a charge or to modify a main, central, and larger charge; not itself modifiable.

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