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| Diminutiveness | n. The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutive | a. [ Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif. ] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Tending to diminish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutive | n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. [ 1913 Webster ] Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. [ 1913 Webster ] Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutively | adv. In a diminutive manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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| | diminutive | (ดิมิน'นิทิฟว) adj. เล็ก, จิ๋ว, กระจุ๋มกระจิ๋ม, แคระ. n. สิ่งที่เล็ก, คนที่มีรูปร่างเล็ก, คนแคระ. diminutiveness n. ดูdiminutive, Syn. small |
| | | คำเรียกสั้น ๆ | [kham rīek san san] (n, exp) EN: diminutive FR: diminutif [ m ] |
| | | | Diminutive | a. [ Cf. L. deminutivus, F. diminutif. ] 1. Below the average size; very small; little. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Expressing diminution; as, a diminutive word. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Tending to diminish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Diminutive of liberty. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutive | n. 1. Something of very small size or value; an insignificant thing. [ 1913 Webster ] Such water flies, diminutives of nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Gram.) A derivative from a noun, denoting a small or a young object of the same kind with that denoted by the primitive; as, gosling, eaglet, lambkin. [ 1913 Webster ] Babyisms and dear diminutives. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ The word sometimes denotes a derivative verb which expresses a diminutive or petty form of the action, as scribble. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutively | adv. In a diminutive manner. [ 1913 Webster ] | Diminutiveness | n. The quality of being diminutive; smallness; littleness; minuteness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
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