Definition of diminutive. Meaning of diminutive. Synonyms of diminutive

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word diminutive. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word diminutive and, of course, diminutive synonyms and on the right images related to the word diminutive.

Definition of diminutive

Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, a. [Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. 3. Tending to diminish. [R.] Diminutive of liberty. --Shaftesbury.
Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, n. 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.

Meaning of diminutive from wikipedia

- Look up diminutive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A diminutive is a word obtained by modifying a root word to convey a slighter degree of its root...
- The following is a list of diminutives by language. English has a great variety of historical diminutives adopted from other languages but many of these...
- The Latin language has a robust diminutive-forming system. There are many diminutive suffixes: those in calculus, axilla, fistula, and areola to start...
- Diminutive forms of words are commonly used in everyday Australian English. While many dialects of English make use of diminutives and hypocorisms, Australian...
- actively used. Po****rity of pagan names resulted in formation of various diminutive forms: Bychko from Byk, Zhdanko from Zhdan, Puzeika from Puzo and so on...
- , not *Михаилушка Mikhailushka). Unlike English, in which the use of diminutive forms is optional even between close friends, in East Slavonic languages...
- recognized as being valid. Psomophis genimaculatus (Boettger, 1885) – spirit diminutive snake, spirit ground snake, cobra-cabelo Psomophis joberti (Sauvage, 1884)...
- Sorocephalus tenuifolius, the diminutive clusterhead, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Sorocephalus and forms part of the fynbos. The plant...
- (diminutive), Jacot (diminutive), Jacotte (feminized), Jaco (diminutive), Jack (diminutive), Jacky (diminutive), Jacq (diminutive), Jacquy (diminutive)...
- The diminutive serotine (Eptesicus diminutus) is a bat species found in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela. González, E.M.;...