Diminutive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective
  1. small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
  2. pertaining to or productive of a form denoting smallness, familiarity, affection, or triviality, as the suffix -let, in droplet from drop.
noun
  1. a small thing or person.
  2. a diminutive element or formation.
  3. a charge, as an ordinary, smaller in length or breadth than the usual.
adjective
  1. very small; tiny
  2. grammar
    • denoting an affix added to a word to convey the meaning small or unimportant or to express affection, as for example the suffix -ette in French
    • denoting a word formed by the addition of a diminutive affix
noun
  1. a diminutive word or affix
  2. a tiny person or thing
Diminutive (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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