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diminutive 音標拼音: [dɪm'ɪnjətɪv] a. 小的,小型的,指小的
n. 小的人,指小辭,指小詞,愛稱 小的,小型的,指小的小的人,指小辭,指小詞,愛稱 diminutive adj 1: very small; " diminutive in stature"; " a lilliputian chest of drawers"; " her petite figure"; " tiny feet"; " the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" [ synonym: { bantam}, { diminutive}, { lilliputian}, { midget}, { petite}, { tiny}, { flyspeck}] n 1: a word that is formed with a suffix ( such as - let or - kin) to indicate smallnessDiminutive \ Di* min" u* tive\, a. [ Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif.] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Tending to diminish. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Diminutive of liberty. -- Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster]
Diminutive \ Di* min" u* tive\, n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. [ 1913 Webster] Such water flies, diminutives of nature. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] Babyisms and dear diminutives. -- Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " diminutive": Lilliputian, affectionate name, baby, baby- sized, bantam, banty, button, byname, chit, cognomen, cognominal, compact, duodecimo, elfin, epithetic, featherweight, fingerling, formal, handy, honorific, hypocoristic, in name only, infinitesimal, lightweight, lilliputian, little, micro, microscopic, midget, mini, miniature, miniaturized, minikin, minimal, minnow, minny, minuscule, minute, mouse, nickname, nominal, nominative, nubbin, peewee, pet name, petite, pocket, pocket- sized, pony, pygmy, quasi, runt, self- called, self- christened, self- styled, shrimp, slip, small, small fry, small- scale, snip, snippet, so- called, sobriquet, soi- disant, subminiature, teensy- weensy, teeny, teeny- weeny, tiny, tit, titular, toy, twelvemo, undersized, vest- pocket, wart, wee, weeny, wisp, would- be
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