Diminutive Definition

dĭ-mĭnyə-tĭv
diminutives
adjective
Extremely or extraordinarily small.
American Heritage
Much smaller than ordinary or average; very small; tiny.
Webster's New World
Of or being a suffix that indicates smallness or, by semantic extension, qualities such as youth, familiarity, affection, or contempt, as -let in booklet, -kin in lambkin, or -et in nymphet.
American Heritage
Expressing smallness or diminution.
A diminutive suffix or name.
Webster's New World

Very small.

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noun
diminutives
A very small person or thing.
Webster's New World
Such a suffix.
Webster's New World
A word or name formed from another by the addition of a suffix expressing smallness in size or, sometimes, endearment or condescension, as ringlet (ring + -let), Jackie (Jack + -ie), lambkin (lamb + -kin)
Webster's New World

(grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.
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Other Word Forms of Diminutive

Noun

Singular:
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Plural:
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Origin of Diminutive

  • Middle English diminutif from Old French from Latin dīminūtīvus from dīminūtus past participle of dīminuere diminish

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French diminutif (1398), from Latin diminutivum, from deminuere (“diminish”).

    From Wiktionary

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