- (a.) Below the average size; very small; little.
- (a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.
- (a.) Tending to diminish.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "diminutive" 27 May 2011. Web. 24 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/diminutive/definitions/1997751> |