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diminutival, a. (n.) Gram.|dɪˌmɪnjuːˈtaɪvəl|
[f. L. dīminutīv-us diminutive + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, a diminutive. b. as n. A diminutival suffix.
1868T. H. Key Philol. Essays x. 213 The Latin..forming contemptuous terms for men, by means of a diminutival suffix. 1871Roby Lat. Gram. iii. vii §862 Adjectives, chiefly diminutival. 1880Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 3) §317 In -kin..a widely prevalent diminutival. |