Diminutive

noun

  1. (grammar) A word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

    Booklet, the diminutive of book, means ‘small book’.

Synonyms: nomen deminutivum, pet form

adjective

  1. Very small.

  2. Serving to diminish.

  3. (grammar) Of or pertaining to, or creating a word form expressing smallness, youth, unimportance, or endearment.

Synonyms: lilliputian, tiny

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