adjective, noun
adjective (formal) very small:
She was a diminutive figure beside her husband.
Part of speech: noun
1 a word or an ending of a word that shows that sb/sth is small, for example piglet (= a young pig), kitchenette (= a small kitchen)
2 a short informal form of a word, especially a name:
'Nicky' is a common diminutive of 'Nicholas'
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of diminutive come from?
This entry for diminutive is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is diminutive a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, diminutive is tagged as noun.
Does diminutive appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — diminutive appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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