| a. | 1. | Below the average size; very small; little. |
| 2. | Expressing diminution; | |
| 3. | Tending to diminish. | |
| n. | 1. | Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. |
| 2. | (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; |
| Noun | 1. | diminutive - a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness |
| Adj. | 1. | diminutive - very small; "diminutive in stature"; "a lilliputian chest of drawers"; "her petite figure"; "tiny feet"; "the flyspeck nation of Bahrain moved toward democracy" |
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