Diminutive
Diminutive Di*min"u*tive, n.
1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant
thing.
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Such water flies, diminutives of nature. --Shak.
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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.
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Babyisms and dear diminutives. --Tennyson.
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Note: The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [1913 Webster]
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- diminutive — dɪˈmɪjutɪv 1. прил. 1) грам. уменьшительный, диминутивный At : augmetative 2) маленький, крохотный, миниатюрный (обыкн. о физическом размере) Sy : small, tiy 2. сущ. 1) грам. а) диминутив, уменьшительное слово б) диминутивный аффикс 2) а)… (Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь)
- diminutive — 1. adj. 1) маленький, миниатюрный 2) gram. уменьшительный Syn:see small 2. noun gram. уменьшительное слово… (Англо-русский словарь Мюллера)
- diminutive — dimiutive 1> _грам. уменьшительное существительное 2> небольшая вещь, вещица 3> тщедушный человечек 4> _геральд. небольшая фигура на щите, по положению и форме соответствующая большой 5> _грам. уменьшительный, диминутивный 6> маленький,… (Новый большой англо-русский словарь)
- diminutive — I. ou Etymology: Middle Eglish dimiutif, from Medieval Lati dimiutivum, alteratio of Late Lati demiutivum, from euter of demiutivus, adjective, from demiutus, past participle of demiuere Date: 14th cetury 1. a dimiutive word,… (New Collegiate Dictionary)
- Diminutive — A dimiutive is a formatio of a word used to covey a slight degree of the root meaig, smalless of the object or quality amed, ecapsulatio, itimacy, or edearmet. It is the opposite of a augmetative. While may laguages apply the… (Wikipedia)
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- Goldman's Diminutive Woodrat — Taxobox ame Goldma's Dimiutive Woodrat status LR/lc status_system IUCN2.3 regum Aimalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodetia familia Cricetidae geus "Nelsoia" species "N. goldmai" biomial "Nelsoia goldmai"…
- Diminutive Woodrat — Taxobox ame Dimiutive Woodrat status LR/lc status_system IUCN2.3 regum Aimalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodetia familia Cricetidae geus "Nelsoia" species "N. eotomodo" biomial "Nelsoia eotomodo" biomial_authority…
- Diminutive Akodont — Taxobox ame Demiutive Akodot status LR/lc regum Aimalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodetia familia Cricetidae geus "Akodo" species "A. aliquatulus" biomial "Akodo aliquatulus" biomial_authority Thomas, 1897 syoyms The…