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Diminutive

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(1):

(a.) Below the average size; very small; little.

(2):

(a.) Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word.

(3):

(a.) Tending to diminish.

(4):

(n.) Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing.

(5):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Diminutive'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/diminutive.html. 1828.
 
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