diminutive
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Is diminutive a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (obsolete) Serving to diminish.Examples: "1711, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 1714 edition republished by Gregg International Publishers, 1968, Volume 3, Miscellany 3, Chapter 2, p. 175, They cou’d, perhaps, even embrace POVERTY contentedly, rather than submit to any thing diminutive either of their inward Freedom or national Liberty."obsolete
2. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.Antonyms: augmentative
noun (English)
1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.Examples: "Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’."; "But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive. I often did so; and it never seemed to mind."; "When we come to occupative names, we are again confronted by crowds of diminutives."Synonyms: nomen deminutivumAntonyms: augmentative
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