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English Dictionary: diminutive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
diminutive adj very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" Synonym(s): bantam, diminutive, lilliputian, midget, petite, tiny, flyspeck n a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diminutive \Dimin"utive\, 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diminutive \Dimin"utive\, 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.