hypocoristic
adj/ˌhaɪ.pə.kəˈɹɪs.tɪk/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).
- derived from ὑποκοριστικός
Definitions
Relating to a nickname, usually indicating intimacy with the person.
Relating to baby talk.
A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the…
A nickname, especially one indicating intimacy and formed through a shortening of the original name.
The neighborhood
- neighborhypocorism
- neighborhypocoristical
- neighborhypocoristically
- neighborhypocoristicon
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hypocoristic. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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