Associations to the word «Diminutive»
Noun
Adjective
- Plural
- Affectionate
- Feminine
- Masculine
- Slavic
- Latin
- Meaning
- Germanic
- Morphological
- Diminutive
- Gaelic
- Breton
- Root
- Sinister
- Russian
- Vulgar
- Singular
- Fairy
- Generic
- Pronounced
- Spanish
- Tiny
- Portuguese
- Greek
- Dutch
- Polish
- Czech
- Little
- Small
- Common
- Irish
- Pet
- Adjective
- Pragmatic
- Size
- Slovene
- Nominal
- Semantic
- Male
- Insignificant
- Perched
- Arabic
- Consonant
- Serbian
- Romance
- Cryptic
Wiktionary
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Very small.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Serving to diminish.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
DIMINUTIVE, noun. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.
Dictionary definition
DIMINUTIVE, noun. A word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness.
DIMINUTIVE, adjective. Very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.