diminutive

IPA: dɪmˈɪnjʌtɪv

Very small.
(obsolete) Serving to diminish.
(grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Examples of "diminutive" in Sentences

She has diminutive hands.
It is the opposite of a diminutive.
The diminutive leader of the native Xooberon tribe.
The etymology of that particular diminutive is German.
I consider Boldness as the positive diminutive of Reckless.
It is diminutive and verbatim the phrase used by the source.
Just asking, but what would you call a diminutive version of the Nook?)
Other than that, she would make everything in diminutive form with “- ito” and “- ita”
The diminutive is often used to describe without speaking paragraphs or to take the sting out.
Somebody looking for a diminutive form of Zimt, the German word for cinnamon, came here the other day.
Reg, I think "diminutive" comes from the Latin "diminutivus" and means reduced or "diminished, rather than small.
Its name is the diminutive form of the Spanish word for early, since it ripens far earlier than most other red grapes.
a diminutive, is added to the end of words: nor can any reasoning of Creyghton, the editor, excuse his changing into Sguropulus,
A pair of ROK and American one-stars were also at the table, but Gruver was referring to the diminutive two-star standing at the podium.
At one end there is a tiny pocket, containing a slip of paper upon which are some verses in diminutive handwriting with the date "Jany. 1792."